Estradiol Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Estrace, Vivelle-Dot Patch, Vagifem (Show all)
Generic Name: Estradiol
See also: Estrogen patch
What is Estradiol?
Estradiol, an estrogen derivative is used to treat menopausal symptoms, vaginal atrophy, hypoestrogenism; palliation of prostate and breast cancer; prevention of osteoporosis; abnormal uterine bleeding; and postmenopausal urinary symptoms (urgency, dysuria).
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 30 |
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3 | |||
| General health | 11 |
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1 | ||||
| Menopause | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Hot flashes | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Osteopenia | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mood swings | 2 |
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See all 64 patients currently taking Estradiol
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Estradiol. See all 31 dosages ►
| 0.45 mcg as needed | daily | 0.1 mg monthly | 0.05 mg weekly | 0.075 mg/24 hours twice weekly weekly | 0.1 mg weekly | 0.025 mg daily | 1 mL monthly | 0.0375 mg/24 hours twice weekly daily | 0.05 mg/24 hours twice weekly daily | 0.05 mg/24 hr daily | 0.05 mg daily | 0.1 mg | 0.1 mg/24 hours weekly daily | 1 weekly | 0.25 mg daily | 2 mg weekly | 2 weekly | 0.3 mg daily | 10 mg monthly | 0.5 mg daily | 3.75 mg weekly | 0.75 mg daily | 0.9 mg daily | 1 mg daily | 1.53 mg daily | 2 mg daily | 50 mcg weekly | 8 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 300 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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6 | 60% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 10% |
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Expense
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1 | 10% |
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Personal research
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1 | 10% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 10% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- Gypsy
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- Gypsy
- 1 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- syl
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- syl
- 1 mg daily
- since Nov 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- wysiwyg
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- wysiwyg
- 50 mcg weekly
- since Jan 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Definitely use this instead of the cream version! See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.