Qlaira

[Lavenderpetal]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone been prescribed Qlaira and can share their experience on it? I'm nervous to start taking it but my specalist has told me it's for people who have endo? I just don't want to take anymore hormones and mess my body up even more. Good or bad experiences welcome😊 thank you x

[CathyEarnshaw]

Hi there

I can completely relate to being nervous about trying new hormonal medication. I’d been on half a dozen different hormonal contraceptives and had bad experiences with them - awful side effects, worse periods. I thought my body just couldn’t do hormonal contraceptives. Then a specialist women’s health GP recommended I try Qlaira, and it’s been an absolute lifeline!

My heavy periods improved within a month of starting Qlaira and I’m continuing to see improvements month after month. It’s not been an instant fix and my periods are still a bit heavier than is ideal, but considering I was starting to feel like a hysterectomy was my only solution for very heavy, very long periods, it’s been amazing. It’s given me my life back.

The pain is massively reduced too and continues to improve and so far, 11 months in, I have no side effects, which I didn’t think was possible!

There’s lots of science behind why Qlaira’s different to other pills - it contains a body identical oestrogen, rather than a synthetic one, and dienogest which is used to treat endometriosis.

Of course, there’s no way for certain to know if it’ll work for you, except to try it. All our bodies are different. But based on my own experience, I’d say it’s worth a go.

Good luck finding the right treatment for you. x

[HS100]

Hey, I was also very anxious and resistant to starting a contraceptive hormonal pill. I was also recommended Qlaira as it mimics the body’s own oestrogen more than other pills and I have found it overall helpful. I take it back to back and my bleeding is starting to reduce. It’s helped a bit with pain also, I still get general pain but fewer intense flare-ups which are the things that were most debilitating. One thing I will say is give it a few months to let your body get used to it - I saw improved symptoms and fewer side effects after about 3-6 months on it.

The way I saw it, the risks/benefits were better than the possibility of endo tissue growing without being controlled and potentially causing me organ damage. I’d say give it a go and if you don’t like it you can always come off it

Good luck x