lorielle london said:
...how much mg Oestradiol Valerate is necassary..?
How long is a piece of string..?
After SRS it will most likely be necessary to take some form of hormone therapy to prevent osteoporosis, probably for the rest of your life. For the same reason natal females might start HRT after menopause, we no longer produce enough hormones to keep our body entirely healthy, so a little help is needed. Not many TS's complain about having to take oestrogen though; we tend to welcome it!
How much oestrogen supplement is needed though is probably pure guesswork. I'd imagine that 2mg per day would be sufficient, this is a common dosage for post-menopausal women, at least the ones I have spoken to about the subject. I am talking 17-Beta estradiol here, maybe now the most popular form of HRT prescribed in this country. The smallest pill available is 1mg, as far as I know. I can't imagine a GP prescribing any less than this amount.
But quantities "required" for either post-menopausal HRT or post-op HRT are entirely arbitrary. Amounts needed depend on results achieved, in my opinion.
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