Estrofem
A gender reassignment program for male to female transsexuals normally includes the prescription of feminising hormones, oestrogen and progesterone which develop female secondary sexual characteristics. In addition this may be accompanied before surgery by anti-androgen treatment to reduce the effect of the patients own male sex hormones. There can be risks attached to hormone therapy in both men and women and therefore it is definitely inadvisable to take any form of hormone product unless it is medically prescribed.

Estrogens are powerful steroid hormones, chemicals which affect the form and function of the body and its organs.

There are three basic human estrogens: estradiol, estrone, and estrial. Estradiol is the most active form and estrial is the least active. In women, large amounts of estrogen are produced by the ovaries, and in men a small amount is present due to chemical conversion of testosterone

Estradiol tablet (Etrace, Estrofem). Take sublingually (under the tongue) in the morning and in the evening. Taking the tablets sublingually (letting them dissolve under the tongue) will largely give the same advantages as patches, gels or injectable.