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8. Basically- cut testosterone- take estrogens

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 10:38 PM

Jan 4

Safest to do under a drs supervision but maybe trying to do it on the cheap. Could be doing it with telemedicine or some alternative heath practitioner. Nurse practitioners can prescribe some of these meds. Need prescriptions for anti androgens & oral estrogens but not for cream estrogens.

“Hormone regimes for transgender women (male to women, MTF)

1. Anti-androgen

Spironolactone 100 – 200 mg/day (up to 400 mg)
Cyproterone acetatea 50–100mg/day
GnRH agonists 3.75 mg subcutaneous monthly
2. Oral estrogen

Oral conjugated estrogens 2.5–7.5mg/day
Oral 17-beta estradiol 2–6mg/day
3. Parenteral estrogen

Estradiol valerate 5–20mg i.m./2 weeks or cypionate 2–10mg i.m./week
4. Transdermal estrogen

Estradiol patch 0.1–0.4mg/2X week
https://www.bumc.bu.edu/endo/clinics/transgender-medicine/guidelines/

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