Difference between Estalis Continuous and Sequi

I have been asked this countless times. So here is an easy to understand answer!

Both are used for HRT in menopausal women. Both have an oestrogen bit (oestradiol) and progesterone bit (norithesterone).

But in Sequi, the first weeks of patches is ONLY oestradiol. 4 patches release ONLY the oestrogen and the patch is changed every 4th day. The second half of the month you use the next 4 patches and change every 4th day but these patches have BOTH oestrogen plus progesterone.
Women often experience bleeding at the end of a cycle of Sequi because of the withdrawal of the progesterone component. So why do we sometimes use it? But some women are sensitive to the progesterone so providing a progesterone free period helps reduce uncomfortable side effects such as nausea and swelling.

Continuous patches are oestrogen/progesterone combined for the whole month of patches. Generally a woman needs to become tolerant to the progesterone to be able to use this patch.

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