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Average number of moderate-to-severe hot flashes per week with placebo and different doses of oral estradiol in menopausal women [40] [41]. Estradiol is used in menopausal hormone therapy to prevent and treat moderate to severe menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness and atrophy, and osteoporosis (bone loss). [11]
Estradiol/dydrogesterone (E2/DYD), sold under the brand name Femoston among others, is a combination of estradiol (E2), an estrogen, and dydrogesterone (DYD), a progestin, which is used in menopausal hormone therapy, specifically to treat and prevent hot flashes and osteoporosis, in postmenopausal women.
Medications and dosages used in transgender women [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [a]; Medication Brand name Type Route Dosage [b]; Estradiol: Various: Estrogen: Oral: 2–10 mg ...
Estradiol levels after an intramuscular injection of 10 mg estradiol valerate in oil, Climacteron (150 mg testosterone enanthate, 1 mg estradiol benzoate, 7.5 mg estradiol dienanthate in oil), and control group in 20, 11, and 11 ovariectomized women, respectively. [128] Assays were performed using RIA. [128] Source was Sherwin et al. (1987). [128]
1 mg 1x/3–4 weeks: 3 mg 1x/3–4 weeks: 5 mg 1x/3–4 weeks Estradiol benzoate: 0.5 mg 1x/week: 1 mg 1x/week: 1.5 mg 1x/week SC implant: Estradiol: 25 mg 1x/6 months: 50 mg 1x/6 months: 100 mg 1x/6 months Footnotes: a = No longer used or recommended, due to health concerns.
In the metric system, a microgram or microgramme is a unit of mass equal to one millionth (1 × 10 −6) of a gram.The unit symbol is μg according to the International System of Units (SI); the recommended symbol in the United States and United Kingdom when communicating medical information is mcg.
The pharmacokinetics of dienogest are linear; single oral doses of dienogest were found to result in maximal levels of 28 ng/mL with 1 mg, 54 ng/mL with 2 mg, 101 ng/mL with 4 mg, and 212 ng/mL with 8 mg. [7] The corresponding area-under-the-curve levels were 306, 577, 1153, and 2293 ng/mL, respectively. [7]
A review found that the range of the reported elimination half-life of EE in the literature was 13.1 to 27.0 hours. [2] Another review reported an elimination half-life of EE of 10 to 20 hours. [10] However, the elimination half-life of EE has also been reported by other sources to be as short as 7 hours [11] and as long as 36 hours. [9]