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What is Estrogen derivative?

Estrogen is used to treat hot flashes and symptoms of menopause like vaginal dryness, itching, or burning, or to prevent osteoporosis. It is used to treat low levels of estrogen in certain conditions (eg, ovarian failure) and in some cases of breast and prostate cancer.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 50 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Hormone replacement 47 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 21 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sweating excessive 16 3 Efficacy_major
Menopause 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Hysterectomy 11 2 Efficacy_major

See all 166 patients currently taking Estrogen derivative

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 6
Mild
 4
None
 26

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Estrogen derivative

Weight gain 3
Bloating 2
Red blood spots on front of lower legs and feet 1
Sweating excessive 1
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles 1
Breast tenderness 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Estrogen derivative. See all 30 dosages ►

  daily 0.625mg as needed 0.3 mg daily 0.45 mg daily 0.625 mg daily 0.9 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.25 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 26 Number of Patients: 26 14 Number of Patients: 14 34 Number of Patients: 34 22 Number of Patients: 22 2 Number of Patients: 2 30 Number of Patients: 30 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Estrogen derivative (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 28%
Other 9   Other: 28%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 25%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 9%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 9%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 31 patients who’ve stopped taking Estrogen derivative

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Estrogen derivative

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Estrogen derivative

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Estrogen derivative

Always
 31 84%
Usually
 5 14%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Estrogen derivative

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 2 5%
Not at all
 34 92%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Estrogen derivative

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 3%
$25-49
 12 40%
< $25
 17 57%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.