26-10-2017, 06:22 PM
I have been using a Climara 7.6mg patch plus 2 or 3 Progynova pills (sublingually) for about 5 weeks. (You needn't tell me that I shouldn't act as a human guinea pig. I know, I know. I am just a bad little lab rat.) This regimen seems to be effective, although I cannot compare it to injections, having never tried that method. I feel great and am all a-tingle.
I am not a chemist, pharmacist, or medical professional of any kind, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt. From my limited research, Climara and Progynova appear to deliver the same type of estradiol. Progynova is estradiol valerate, which is described chemically as "estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17β-diol 17β-pentanoate," which I believe is the same as Climara as indicated on the FDA website: (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2008/020375s026lbl.pdf).
If that is correct, then I would think that there is no conflict or problem in using the two simultaneously.
I am not a chemist, pharmacist, or medical professional of any kind, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt. From my limited research, Climara and Progynova appear to deliver the same type of estradiol. Progynova is estradiol valerate, which is described chemically as "estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17β-diol 17β-pentanoate," which I believe is the same as Climara as indicated on the FDA website: (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2008/020375s026lbl.pdf).
If that is correct, then I would think that there is no conflict or problem in using the two simultaneously.