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[Sammiejane]

Hi ladies

I currently use Ovestin vaginally and have been for 9 months is it possible it can stop working ?

Last couple weeks been feeling little damp down there and in my knickers I use twice a week it's fine if I'm laying down but if I sit down my knickers are wet it's like the minute any pressure is put on down there my knickers are wet

I've had various test no prolapse no incontinence they could see through dynamics test and there's no odor just wet I also have discharge it's weird also if I press on my mons pubis I need a wee it's like my bladder has dropped or urethra but gynecologist said all fine and mri scan showed everything all in it's place except I have a batholomew cyst on the right gland inside vagina !

Do I think I need to use 3 times a week ?

Thank u

[jaycee]

Hi Sammijane   i have just started using this instead of vagifem, but i haven't noticed any wetness, and i was surprised because i have read other posts on here which said the same as you, maybe not putting it high enough ?

[Sammiejane]

Hi Jaycee

Can I ask why u swapped from Vagifem ?

The wetness is there constantly even days not using Ovestin it's like I have symptoms of urethral syndrome or urithitis ?

I don't know but driving me insane

[CLKD]

The medication is doing its job.  Plumping up the vaginal area, stopping the dryness.  How often are you using the Ovestin?

[jaycee]

Sammijane, i stopped the vagifem because of my hairloss and others saying they had hairloss on it, might not be caused or exacerbated by vagifem but i can't risk losing any more, so just be safe ,not sorry

[NuclearScientist]

I stopped Vagifem for the second time as I find it really affects my hair( on my head). It becomes really difficult to style and manage. I did ask consultant and she said as it's such low dose it should not have an impact but I really think it has. This is the only variable I changed.
Is Ovestin okay.

[Sammiejane]

Hi nuclearscience

I had my initial shedding 5 weeks into starting Vagifem I swapped to Ovestin although hair still shedding so not sure if it was the Vagifem as I stopped it about beginning dec last year and then started Estrogel along with Ovestin and it's still thinning now I've lost 50 percent and can see my scalp in areas on the top I'm currently on Estradot patch but find it's not as good as the gel for VA I think the gel helps the vagina too but again not sure if this caused me hair loss too and the more estrogen I have the more shedding I get I was on 2 pumps of gel and as I wasn't obsorbing on 2 pumps my levels dropped but my hair wasn't shedding as much it's worse on the patch ! I'm considering birth control as I'm only 40 I certainly need a hormone balance I think of all 3 hormones !!

[jaycee]

I have only used it twice Sammijane, so no results yet really, but no wetness so far
I am beginning to think most HRT causes hair loss, there are so many women complaining about it

[CLKD]

Never had hair loss.  But I do get relief from using appropriate VA treatment.  4 me it was like razor blades up there 

[Hurdity]

I have only used it twice Sammijane, so no results yet really, but no wetness so far
I am beginning to think most HRT causes hair loss, there are so many women complaining about it

I think we have a distorted picture on here - women often only come on here if they have problems - thousands of women are using HRT no problems. It is well known that the testosterone derived progestogens can cause androgenic effects such as hair loss. Also that declining oestrogen as we approach and reach menopause also causes the same - which gets worse as we age. Also that some other hormonal disturbance such as hypothyroid conditions case hair loss and other nutrient and vitamin deficiencies. Unless there is an allergy to one of the constituents it is not a usual side effect of oestrogel or vagifem.


Sammiejane Why not try three times a week and see how you get on?

Hurdity x

[Katejo]

Never had hair loss.  But I do get relief from using appropriate VA treatment.  4 me it was like razor blades up there 

No hair loss for me either.

[Sammiejane]

Hi hurdity

I had low estrogen for 4 years or lowering estrogen over the for years low enough to get VA but all that time never had hairloss now I've had a surge in estrogen ie taking hrt I'm getting hairloss yet never suffered on microgynon 30 combined pill I've had 3 Uti since being on estrogen gained a load of weight and now being on estradot 75 patch my boobs are so sore my nipples and areolars are hard and lumpy yet never had this on pill it's very weird I must say,
I will try Ovestin 3 times a week

[Tracey E]

Hi hurdity

I had low estrogen for 4 years or lowering estrogen over the for years low enough to get VA but all that time never had hairloss now I've had a surge in estrogen ie taking hrt I'm getting hairloss yet never suffered on microgynon 30 combined pill I've had 3 Uti since being on estrogen gained a load of weight and now being on estradot 75 patch my boobs are so sore my nipples and areolars are hard and lumpy yet never had this on pill it's very weird I must say,
I will try Ovestin 3 times a week

Then it sounds like it's the Estradiol Sammie, that's exactly what happened to me when I started HRT. Tried various formats but it made no difference to the hair loss. Common denominator Estradiol! X

[jaycee]

Isn't Vagifem Estriadol? i have started Ovestin, but it says take for one month then once a week, i'm sure at the chmist when i picked it up they said every night for 2 weeks, but obviously i will use as it says on the box
I was a bit itchy when i started it, still a bit itchy,but early days yet

[Tracey E]

Yes I think it is but a very low dose compared to HRT. Jaycee have you heard of Imvaggis, quite a new product. Asked my doctor for it last week and she said it had been discontinued .