Dotti for Postmenopausal Symptoms User Reviews (Page 2)

• cva...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 3, 2023

"I'm horrified by what I'm reading, and now I think I know what's wrong with me. Menopause for 3 years. Dotti is what I'm using since insurance stopped paying for Estradiol. I've been having terrible symptoms and couldn't figure it out. Dry skin and hair, insomnia, night sweats, easily irritated, fatigue, and I've just had a period?!? Had all the old premenstrual symptoms such as breast tenderness, cramps, and a 4-day period, and MOODY. I do have an appt with my OB/GYN. If Dotti is the reason, I am not happy, as it seems NO ONE likes this patch!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 19, 2023

"This is the second time I have tried Dotti patches 0.05 mg 2 times a week and progesterone 100 mg/day. The first time I used Dotti, I experienced light dizziness and the inability to completely empty the bladder when peeing in the third week. I told my doctor, and he said Dotti was not likely the cause, but I stopped taking it anyway for a month. I resumed taking it again, and just like the first time, by the third week, I experienced light dizziness, a sensation of imbalance when walking or lowering my head, chills, night sweats, abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant, and drops in blood pressure. I have stopped using the patch."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 7, 2023

"This patch is horrible. I have scar marks from where the patch was placed on my inner thighs. My allergies are out of control. My irritability and hot flashes are back. I’m so angry that my pharmacy switched from Vivelle Dot to this patch when I found out I switched to another pharmacy, and they also sent me the Dotti patch. My insurance pays for name-brand medication, so this is completely unacceptable. I’ve asked the pharmacist in the past if this is the same medication, and they say they use the exact same quantities of the drug as the name-brand. I do not recommend this product."

• Not...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 10, 2022

"Was on the Vivelle patch for many years and then Estradiol when it was available as a generic. Last fall, my med insurance changed and so did my mail-order prescription plan. Was automatically sent the Dotti patch. Started having symptoms I didn't relate to the patch until I made a connection and found this site - vivid, odd dreams, hot flashes, night sweats, and general irritability (hadn't had this for years on the other patches). Finally got my doctor to request the generic patch only. Of course, suddenly, it's not available through mail order, and I have to get it at a local pharmacy for more than twice the cost, and it's generic. But it's worth it."

• Gra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 10, 2021

"I have been on Dotti for a month after years of Vivelle. Grateful I found this site! It has been a bad week, and I thought it was gut leaking, or Covid, or stress. Never considered the new brand of patches until tonight when my breast started hurting terribly. Searched Google, grateful this site came up. Will be calling the pharmacy tomorrow. Dotti does not work well for me. Doesn't mean it's bad, just not in sync with my body."

• Coc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 31, 2022

"Horrid! Not working. Mostly success with the 'rectangle' Vivelle dots and their generics. There is no way large studies were done to confirm equivalencies. This site alone shows 2.3% out of 10 user rating, whereas Vivelle Dot has a 7 out of 10. All disgusting symptoms are returning."

• Gra...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 1, 2021

"I am only one month in with Dottie, however, the difference for me has been nothing short of incredible! Within one hour of applying the patch, it was almost like the world seemed brighter. I was changing sheets in the middle of the night from night sweats, spending 40% of my life surviving hot flashes while others were surviving me, and was truly the prime example of a postmenopausal woman for the past seven years of my life. I was prescribed the Dotti patch and progesterone capsules to be taken nightly one month ago. I will say the first few days I fought a bit of nausea, have had trouble sleeping two nights, and have gotten a little emotional a time or two, but hot flashes have diminished to almost nonexistent. I have not had bad night sweats in three-plus weeks, and my moods are much more stable than before the hormone therapy. This is just my experience so far. Hope it helps! P.S. It is not pretty, I agree. I just try to conceal or put a pretty band-aid over it."

• Jad...
• June 24, 2021

"My pharmacy replaced my Mylan estradiol patch with Dotti. Within 2 days, I had spotting and then hot flashes. Within a week, I was waking nightly at 4 a.m. and unable to sleep with constant temperature changes during the day. I had two remaining patches of the old brand that I had in my travel bag. I used them, and the symptoms abated. I've had to switch pharmacies, but my ob-gyn was able to help find a provider and specified the brand."

• ann...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 28, 2023

"I was very happy with my old .05 mg/day patches. I've used patches from two other manufacturers with no problem, but last month I was switched to Dotti .05/day. The Dotti patches don't work. They stick for a couple of days, but they don't deliver .05 mg of estradiol per day like they're supposed to. Even the label admits that these are smaller and contain less estrogen than the others, even though it also says .05 mg/day. Dotti must have rounded up...way up...in order to call these patches .05 mg/day."

• Hap...
• February 7, 2023

"I am on my second Dotti patch and have been throwing the bed covers on and off, and losing patience. I am wondering if the Dotti patch has been causing these symptoms. I need to go back to Vivelle to see if those symptoms stop."

• bev...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 22, 2023

"I came to this site because I was searching for reviews of this estradiol patch. I felt it was reducing the severity of my hot flashes, but not as much as I expected. Reading these reviews has confirmed my belief that this patch is not very effective. I'm going to search for an alternative."

• Gro...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 29, 2024

"I had a total hysterectomy last month and was originally given the Sandoz brand. The edges of this one didn't stay on well, and I always had a ring of dirt on the skin after removal. When I refilled the med, I received Dotti, and they stick so much better!! I didn't notice any difference therapeutically as I was not yet having vasomotor symptoms (I am 42), and I still haven't had any symptoms since surgery 6 weeks ago."

• Anonymous
• August 20, 2020

"Dotti is awful in appearance! The positive is that the patch is small and circular. The negative is the patch isn't clear, but it has writing on it! So humiliating and degrading! Surely most women who use this type of patch are looking for discretion (in addition to effectiveness)! At least let it be clear or even have a cute tattoo appearance (flower, etc.)! I hate it!"

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 9, 2025

"Started on estradiol patch and first month was great, no bleeding, hot flashes were gone in a few days. Then pharmacy gave me Dotti patch, started bleeding, spotting, then period for 3 days, and spotting never went away in the second month. Then the third month pharmacy gave me Llyanna and on second patch, always starts spotting and period-like symptoms. Every time I change patch I go back to Dr. end of July for 3-month check-up, but don't know which will help me if I keep spotting every day for 2 months straight because I have been given 3 different brands. I still think I like the original estradiol patch. I do think it sucks that they keep giving patches that don't benefit us, just adds more problems than we started with."

• LC7...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 14, 2024

"I've been using Dotti patches for 2 weeks now. My hot flashes and night sweats are mostly gone. I can finally sleep through the night. Easy to use, stays put on skin."

• qua...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 3, 2021

"Terrible. Drenching night sweats. .0375 mg worked on a previous patch, pharmacy switched brands on me. Worthless patch."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 31, 2024

"I love Dotti, sticks well and works well. No trouble getting it, unlike other patches that are out of stock a lot."

• Sha...
• December 24, 2022

"Same as others! Return if the same symptoms! I will spare the expletives, Merry Christmas!"