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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Maribeth12 on April 12, 2015, 09:32:33 PM

Title: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: Maribeth12 on April 12, 2015, 09:32:33 PM
What does the typical sublingual estrogen taste like?  Is there a bad taste?  Or is it bland?  Do they (the manufacturers) flavor it?

That is all.
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: iKate on April 12, 2015, 09:38:22 PM
Estrofem doesn't really taste like anything. It's just a bland taste, like cardboard really. This is the one sold at online pharmacies, or at pharmacies (chemists?) in New Zealand and I guess that part of the world.

Generic Teva estradiol (the generic sold at most US pharmacies) tastes sorta like a grape children's multivitamin.
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: kelly_aus on April 12, 2015, 09:40:07 PM
Quote from: iKate on April 12, 2015, 09:38:22 PM
Estrofem doesn't really taste like anything. It's just a bland taste, like cardboard really. This is the one sold at online pharmacies, or at pharmacies (chemists?) in New Zealand and I guess that part of the world.

Generic Teva estradiol (the generic sold at most US pharmacies) tastes sorta like a grape children's multivitamin.

Mine is lactose based, so has a bland but slightly sweet flavour.
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: PhoenixGurl2016 on April 13, 2015, 12:22:22 AM
I am on progynova. Its kinda sweet.
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: Emjay on April 13, 2015, 01:17:56 AM
Quote from: iKate on April 12, 2015, 09:38:22 PM
Generic Teva estradiol (the generic sold at most US pharmacies) tastes sorta like a grape children's multivitamin.

This is what I use, it does have a sweet taste to it....  hmmmm. Grape multivitamin...  I'll have to pay closer attention in the morning when I take my next one.  :)
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: V M on April 13, 2015, 01:45:23 AM
Mine has some sort of distict bland flavor but I can't really think of anything to compare it to

Would kinda like it if they came in either blueberry or raspberry though  ;D
Title: Re: Flavored Estrogen
Post by: Rachel on April 13, 2015, 06:59:48 PM
From memory I never noticed a taste.