15-02-2013, 12:00 PM
The active ingredient they list on their website is spelled wrong and should be ethinyl estradiol. It is a synthetic estradiol and NOT all natural as they purport.
Ethinyl estradiol (you should google it and its side effects) will work. It also has SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER risk (than bio-identical estradiol) of causing embolic events (blood clots) which can result in DVT's if you are lucky, and stroke or pulmonary embolism if you are unlucky. A long time member of susans.org recently decided to give her transition a kick and self medicated with this and caused herself severe health problems which were life threatening.
Is it worth it? Only you can decide. If you really want to go the hormone route, stick to bio-identical estradiol and possibly micronized progesterone. That's just my personal opinion though.
Ethinyl estradiol (you should google it and its side effects) will work. It also has SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER risk (than bio-identical estradiol) of causing embolic events (blood clots) which can result in DVT's if you are lucky, and stroke or pulmonary embolism if you are unlucky. A long time member of susans.org recently decided to give her transition a kick and self medicated with this and caused herself severe health problems which were life threatening.
Is it worth it? Only you can decide. If you really want to go the hormone route, stick to bio-identical estradiol and possibly micronized progesterone. That's just my personal opinion though.