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Reviewer: Red, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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My hot flashes were coming around every hour. I started of the lowest .25 dose and upped it to .5, when the .25 wasnâ??t working after 5 weeks. It does take a couple of months to build in your system. I tried applying it at night but found much better results applying in the AM. I read that is when your body naturally pushes estrogen and then trails off in the PM. After 9 weeks I can honestly
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This medicine did nothin for me except make me gain weight. My symptoms are the same if not worse than before and I gained 10 pounds. It wasn’t until I saw this site that I realized the likelihood that Divigel was causing my recent weight gain. Stopping this medicine immediately.
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Reviewer: Hot Flash Free, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been struggling to get my hot flashes under control ever since I had a total hysterectomy in 2012...after almost 2 weeks of using Divigel, I can honestly say...my hot flashes are gone!
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Reviewer: NM, 45-54 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I have been on Divigel now for about 7-8 months. It has tremendously helped out my hot flashes. I have also been on 100 mg of progesterone which I recently ran out of. I am still on divigel but notice minor hot flashes again at night and first thing in the morning. Im a little worried about the serious side effects of being on Divigel so I may just go strictly on Progesterone alone. Progesterone h
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Reviewer: Joyladolls, 55-64 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I have taken Divigel for about 6 years or more. I'm now 62. I find it's a life saving medication for me. I had zero energy and terrible mood swings during menopause. Also bladder prolapse. It helped in all those areas. It does make breasts ache sometimes but I can't find any other problem with it. I use natural progesterone cream which is highly recommended to take with estrogen. I
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