I’ve recently heard the phrase “anything that can be taken sublingual can be taken rectally”.

Is this true and can it be applied to estrogen tablets without a shell/coating? Seems like it would bet the swallowing effect from saliva.

And a follow up question, does it need to be jammed in all the way or just past the sphincter muscle?

  • Jorunn@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Can I ask why you are wondering about this? Are you attempting to get a bigger dose or stretch out your supply or something? If so there are other things that can be done that we know work. I’ve not heard about rectal E in the DIY community at any point.

    If for whatever reason you wish to stretch out your pills/tablets consider this instead: https://stickies.neocities.org/stickies (experimental)

    I would recommend just continuing with taking them sublingually without modification unless you have a good reason not to, such as your country making it harder to access hrt.

    • Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Can I ask why you are wondering about this?

      Well:

      I’ve recently heard the phrase “anything that can be taken sublingual can be taken rectally”.

      But it seems to me that it solves the swallowing issue but adds that you might expel it if a bowel movement occurs shortly after.