Minivelle for Postmenopausal Symptoms User Reviews

• Mau...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 23, 2015

"It took about 5 weeks to start working completely. My gynecologist told me to not give up. After 3 weeks, I was still getting hot flashes daily. I continued as prescribed and zero hot flashes!! No side effects. One year using."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 11, 2013

"It has been 5 days into my dose of Minivelle. My hot flashes reduced drastically, however, the very next day I developed severe arthritis in my knees. It took me until today to realize this could be a side effect. After reading, it is. I have discontinued the patch, and hopefully, my knees will get better."

• cal...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 15, 2013

"I have had a great experience with the Minivelle patch. I was suffering with many, many hot flashes a day and night sweats that left me drenched! I am down to a handful of flashes a day, and the night sweats are gone!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 25, 2015

"I had a hysterectomy 6 weeks ago. For the first two weeks, I was on Estradiol pill 1 mg. It was horrible, I cried every day, was depressed, didn't eat, and didn't feel like me at all. I felt like a zombie. I wasn't sleeping and had heart palpitations with hot flushes. My doctor switched me to the patch, and I change it twice a week. The patch and pill are like night and day for me. I now feel like myself again and also finally get to sleep. I haven't really had any side effects except for a few headaches the first week. I will stay on this as long as I possibly can. It's working well for me. The pharmacy at first gave me the $15 generic patch, but I returned it for the Minivelle name brand and paid $45."

• She...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 29, 2019

"I am 49, peri-menopausal, and I was having hot flashes, but the worst part was the depression and moods of sadness and zero energy. I’ve been on the generic version of the Minivelle patch for about a month, and I feel a lot better already! I’ve had a couple of breakthrough hot flashes, but the depression and moods have improved greatly!"

• Ann...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 3, 2018

"I have been using the Vivelle Dot for many years. It was a godsend... a true miracle, and I loved it. Then, out of the blue, my insurance substituted the Minivelle patch for my Vivelle. Within a couple of weeks, my hot flashes and irritability came back... my quality of life was awful! Needless to say, I went back on the Vivelle patch, and life was good again. Personally, I will never use the Minivelle again."

• Rea...
• June 12, 2020

"Stopped using Mylan estradiol because it was like wearing a smelly beer coaster. Switched to Minivelle, which worked fine for over a year. Now I can’t get them to stay on overnight despite pretreating the area with EtOH (alcohol) wipe. Then I get breakthrough bleeding, and my level was so low I had to supplement with PO, so what’s the point? Looking for a new reliable brand I won’t have to jangle too much with my insurance company to get. I have to put a waterproof Band-Aid over it to keep it on for everyday, never mind showering. If that stays on, why can’t they put an edge of that on it? It costs enough."

• Min...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 2, 2021

"I have tried the Vivelle dot patch, which made me instantly sick! I used Climara for several years, and it worked but didn't last a week, so I changed patches frequently and ended up with bleeding and fibroids. Then my GYN switched me to Minivelle, and my bleeding stopped, and it made me feel great, and my fibroids disintegrated. But now it is not working. My symptoms have returned. Not sure what I am going to do. I cannot use generic, and Vivelle makes me sick! Now Minivelle, which was a lifesaver, is not working. I have never had a hot flash. I am taking it for osteoporosis. But in case you are unaware, 1 out of every 2 women in menopause have a heart attack. Estrogen stops that. My palpitations have returned and arthritis and nerve pain. I need a solution. If Minivelle's good results lasted, I would give it 20 stars, but I used it for less than a year, then it changed. Maybe it is a quality control problem."

• Sus...
• January 28, 2014

"Gained weight and joint pain."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 6, 2018

"Using Minivelle patches 0.05 mg every 5 days and still getting hot flashes every night. I see the dose can be twice weekly. Should I use them more than every 5 days or less?"