Duavee and Hot Flashes: What Users Say

• Wom...
• August 16, 2016

For Postmenopausal Symptoms "I have been on this medicine for four days, and I am completely amazed at the difference in my life. I feel SO much better! No more anxiety or depression, I sleep like a rock, and I wake up feeling refreshed and optimistic, whereas before I woke with anxiety or depression and even invasive thoughts nearly EVERY morning. So far, so good! Hot flashes are greatly reduced, but I am most surprised by my change in mood. Family doctor wanted me to try one SSRI after another, while my OBGYN gave me the Duavee. I am only 46 years old, yet I haven't had a period in probably a year. I had NO idea that my horrible anxiety and depression were hormone-related. I literally feel like I've been given a new lease on life. I feel 10 years younger!"

• New...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 24, 2015

For Hot Flashes "Nothing else I tried for over a year had worked. I hadn't slept for more than a few hours at a time, which was exacerbating moodiness and memory problems. Three weeks after starting Duavee, the hot flashes were completely gone, and I was sleeping again! Just to be sure the change was the medication, I tried taking a half dose... And the hot flashes started up again. Taking the full dose now for 8 months and feel great!"

• Qui...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 18, 2016

For Hot Flashes "Fantastic! No bloating or weight gain! Yippee! Hot flashes are gone, helped the first week, would have a few here and there, but they were mild, and by the second month, they are totally gone, and sleeping so much better, the feeling of anxiety is gone, life is grand again! I'm so happy!"

• Bec...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 30, 2016

For Hot Flashes "I was having hot flashes at least twice per hour, and after two weeks, they were gone. I rarely get one now. I also wasn't sleeping at all, now I sleep like a rock through the night. I was also extremely moody, crying at the drop of a hat, that has decreased by at least 50% now. I've been on Duavee now for about three months. I feel so much better!"

• MDB...
• January 22, 2018

For Hot Flashes "After two doses, the horrible hot flashes I was having have gone. I have only been on the Duavee for 1 month, but I feel it has changed my life for the better. I am no longer depressed and hate to go places, afraid I will have a hot flash and melt down, hair and all. To me, it's been wonderful so far."

• SLa...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 8, 2020

For Postmenopausal Symptoms "I've been on Duavee for 8 years now. I call it my happy pill. Very frustrated with two different backorders this summer. My doctor had to switch me to another drug because we can't get supply of Duavee. Before Duavee, I tried all other HRTs and none stopped the bleeding. I was also having issues with brain fog and hot flashes, but Duavee resolved those symptoms."

• Eat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 21, 2019

For Hot Flashes "I'm 55, perimenopausal, and my biggest complaint has been hot flashes. I've been on Duavive (Canada) for 6 weeks, and I've been feeling so much better in so many ways, BUT I will likely have to go off it because I've had a terrible flare-up of IBS. I don't blame Duavive in particular, I blame sex hormone supplementation in general, as this happened 2 years ago while taking progesterone capsules and estrogen face cream (both bioidentical from a compounding pharmacy). I took a one-year break from HRT, but my hot flashes and aching joints forced me to try again. I just wanted to mention this, as some women develop IBS, as it can be a symptom of peri and post-menopause, and taking hormones, for some, makes it worse."

• Dal...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• January 2, 2020

For Hot Flashes "After early menopause (around age 43), my OBGYN prescribed Duavee. At age 49, I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive hormone-positive breast cancer. Breast cancer is the number three “side effect” of this medication. Very few hot flashes after my body adjusted to being off the medication (had to go off cold turkey as soon as I was diagnosed). I’d say in my case I’d much rather deal with hot flashes than breast cancer."

• Deb...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 5, 2019

For Osteoporosis "My doctor prescribed the Duavee for osteoporosis, not hot flashes, as I was not having those. Unfortunately, this medication caused me to have hot flashes, which I had never had before in my life. I knew it had to be the Duavee because I was on it for 2 weeks and had several hot flashes every day, having never even experienced one before. Once I stopped, the hot flashes also stopped, although I have felt hotter in general since taking it. Hoping that resolves soon."

• nin...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• April 5, 2020

For Prevention of Osteoporosis "I took Duavee for several years, but I still developed severe osteoporosis in my 50s. It did help alleviate hot flashes, though."