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JenniferKnowles
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Vagifem?
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August 17, 2022, 02:02:24 PM »
Hello all
Just wondering if this is true, but a friend of mine told me that she places vagifem inside her bottom?? I'm a bit bewildered by this.....
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Amazing grace
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August 17, 2022, 02:06:11 PM »
Oh good lord, why does she do that? X
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JenniferKnowles
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August 17, 2022, 02:10:22 PM »
Hi
She told me it works better being absorbed through the anus
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Amazing grace
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August 17, 2022, 02:14:08 PM »
I'm not familiar with that method, is it recommended by a doctor?, I won't say its wrong but never heard of it x
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JenniferKnowles
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August 17, 2022, 02:24:44 PM »
No I don't think so..?
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jaypo
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August 17, 2022, 02:46:55 PM »
Blimey
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Amazing grace
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August 17, 2022, 02:47:18 PM »
Maybe some more knowledgeable ladies will know the answer to that, I can't advise you weather that's true or not x
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jaypo
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August 17, 2022, 03:00:46 PM »
Vagifem is a local oestrogen,and not meant to go through the blood stream,it's placed into the vagina for a reason and unless she has been told by a Dr,she NEEDS to stop!!
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Joaniepat
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August 17, 2022, 03:43:04 PM »
Good grief! It surely won't do much good up there. I've heard of people using progesterone rectally, but not local oestrogen.
Women who use Ovestin or Estriol Cream on the vulva sometimes extend the area of application to around the anus if that area is sore as well, but they do not insert it into the rectum.
JP x
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CLKD
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August 17, 2022, 03:43:29 PM »
Medication is absorbed quicker from the thin walls of the anus but Vagifem is supposedly slow release into the vagina directly.
I would be worried that it might affect areas that it isn't meant to reach. MayB she should be persuaded to visit a pharmacist for advice, or read the leaflet in the box? Anyway, ignore that advice!
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JenniferKnowles
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August 17, 2022, 03:57:32 PM »
Hi all
Yes I will definitely advise her on this....
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Ayesha
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August 17, 2022, 04:01:35 PM »
A wind up, right!
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JenniferKnowles
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August 17, 2022, 04:06:21 PM »
Hello Ayesha
I'm afraid not. But I will be speaking with her in the morning to advise her not to place this product where she has been!
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Amazing grace
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August 17, 2022, 04:18:19 PM »
There are people who do strange things I read a post on here by erika28 dated sept 2019, where she was putting one pump of estrogel on her vulva, not something anyone should do, yet she did, don't assume because it shouldn't be done that people don't, it seems like a wind up to some, but people do things that are out of the norm, always best to follow the information that comes with the product, x
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CLKD
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August 17, 2022, 05:12:45 PM »
I could write a book about what people put where they shouldn't
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