Quote from: FrancisAnn on July 12, 2015, 07:08:37 PM
Thanks but nothing there but talk. I know patches deliever drugs better than pills. I just wondered how much of a difference. Like pills are 90% as effective or 50% as effective??? No big deal, I'll ask my doc later.
Everyones skin is different. So there is no definite comparison.
Patches deliver a steady dose , usually not that high. Delivery is supposed to be more safe due to delivery into the blood stream which is supposed to be connected with less clotting factors.
With pills there is a slight seesaw pattern, which can be seen in the graphics in the link above.
Sublingual use instead of directly swallowing is also supposed to avoid some strain on the liver and some clotting factors, and its supposed to be a bit more effective. All shown in the graphics above.
To keep levels more steady spreading the daily dose over lower doses a few times a day instead of one or two higher doses might help.
The seesaw pattern might affect mood, like a slight pms syndrome a few times a day. As said, spreading the dose for more steady levels might help.
Concerning levels, many docs meanwhile not only look at levels but ask how the patient feels.
If you feel your levels are lower you might talk to your doc.
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Which means, if my math is correct, that a patch delivers about the same punch per milligram as 20 1 mg pills.
You mean 2 1mg pills.
All in theory because it depends on the individual skin, absorption can be different from individual to individual.
You might think about adding bioidentical progesterone, which also might help with mood, even out some side effects of estro and might help with breast development.
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