Night sweats getting bad - Siterone and Sandrena Gel

[Dana Lane (imported)]

Hi all,

I normally take 100mg of Siterone before I go to bed and then take 1mg Sandrena Gel oestrogen after I shower in the morning. Lately I have been getting really bad night sweats. Should I be taking the oestrogen before bed or is it possible that 1mg isn't enough?

Any comments or advice is appreciated.

[charlenebrown (imported)]

Hi Dana,

I don't think this will make any difference due to the half-life of the Siterone, which is quite long I believe. I too am on 100 mg of Siterone (actually 125) but spread out the dosage so have half a tab in the morning, a full one at midday after lunch and half at night , generally around 8 PM. It may be that the full 100mg at night close to sleep time is overloading you with a rush of cyproterone. I have found the steady dosage spread out over the day has not caused me to have any night sweats. I am on 2 estrogen patches (Climara 100) simultaneously which is I believe equivalent to 4 mg Estrogen in tablet form .

Perhaps You would benefit from 2 x 1mg gel. Don't forget the 75mg low dose aspirin to help with clotting too

You can see the results in my Blog.....

xxxx

charlene

[twaddler (imported)]

If you're getting menapausal symptoms like night sweats then I would think your estrogen level is not high enough.

[Dana Lane (imported)]

I think I am going to go ahead and start doing one gel in the morning and another before bed. Thanks for the advice!

[Dana Lane (imported)]

ugh..these sweats aren't getting better yet but i imagine it takes time. another horrible thing i am experiencing is 'cold flashes'. as i almost fall asleep i get this horrific shaking cold feeling. kind of like when you have a fever and are covered up and can't stand to move because of the chill it causes. has anyone ever experienced this? it totally sucks.

[twaddler (imported)]

It usually takes me a week or so for the hot/cold flushes & night sweats to go away when I've went from no estrogen back up to a normal dosage.