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SusanMA:
Hi all
I wanted ask your advice re oestrogen pessaries for urinary symptoms. I have IC and my main problem is constant urethral burning , it is very painful and been off work with it since May  :(
I am post menopausal and been prescribed Imvaggis, has anyone used this or another oestrogen cream or pessary for bladder issues ? Be helpful to know how long it took to make a difference. Am planning to start it tonight !
Thanks very much
Susan

robotwars:
i'm using vagifem, just waiting to see if it works????

CLKD:
What's IC?

What's Imvaggis?  With 'vagifem' and 'ovestin' it is suggested using every night for 2 weeks or more if symptoms fail to ease, then several times a week as necessary.  A pain relief can be useful too.

SusanMA:
Thanks for replies
Have heard Vagifem can help but my specialist recommended Imvaggis.
IC is interstitial cystitis, or also known as Painful Bladder Syndrome
Some practitioners and patients believe IC is actually an embedded infection rather than an inflammatory condition. The symptoms are same as UTI but constant ! It’s a horrid thing to deal with and the urethral burning which I have all the time is particularly hard to manage. The use of oestrogen is to help the health of tissues which become more fragile post menopause.
I understand there was a thread on burning , but couldn’t find it  :(
Can anyone point me where to find it ?
Thanks
Susan x 

KaraShannon:
I can't help on this as yet, but I'm so glad someone posted about this.  I've had what they call 'urethral syndrome' for about 20 years now.  I was going to be tested for IC, but that was 20 years ago and I didn't want to be put under anaesthetic back then for the biopsy.  They did look inside the bladder and said no sign as yet, but that it didn't mean I wouldn't develop it in view of my symptoms.  Well, symptoms haven't got worse but .................well what's relevant here is the urethral burning.  Mine is such that after peeing I never quite know if I'm finished.  The flow stops but I can easily 'bring on' more of it and I don't have urine retention.  They said it's purely that the tissues are irritated down there and in a healthy person there would no longer be a 'signal' to keep trying to urinate.  In the end I have to mentally switch it off.

I have noticed since taking vagifem (recently) that the symptoms are a little better (this is interesting because I asked for oestrogen cream or something in my mid twenties to see if that would ease it but the doctor at the time said 'at this age you are dripping in oestrogen already,' and she may have been right but I wondered if perhaps my urethra just needed more or something.  Also it is always worse just before my period and I guess that's lower oestrogen then?

I really hope these treatments help you.

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