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[InnerDimensions 313!]

Hello everyone,
What has your experience been with how long it took for estradiol or other vaginal creams to get rid of the intense burn from VA?

Do you also use a lubricant/moisturizer to get through the day or is the hrt cream enough?

I know that this is a general question and that our treatments are highly individualized, I'm just trying to get a general idea of what to expect here. Tonight will be my fourth night using the cream and can't say it has really done anything yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It just seems like such a long process and if I don't see a benefit after say 5 weeks, then I have to consider upping I guess? Or maybe changing brands? Im on generic estradiol even though Premarin was first prescribed. The copay was too much to asked for a cheaper script.

It was actually a urologist that prescribed it and not gynecology so I will probably have to go to gynecology for follow up on this because that is their specialty. It just seems like such a long road to traverse and while your crotch feels like it's on fire, it makes everything else in life exceedingly difficult to deal with.

Ugh..

[Joaniepat]

These treatments can take a while to work, so patience is needed, and yes a moisturiser can be very useful.

As you are not in the UK, can I suggest you join the (private) Vaginal Atrophy Facebook support group, which has an international membership and would be better placed to advise on products that we do not have here, such as estradiol cream. Our treatments are usually estriol cream and/or estradiol inserts. The moderators of the group are very knowledgeable and supportive.
JP x

[Ayesha]

You have to be very patient when you first start to use vaginal atrophy treatment. We are all individual when it comes to how long it will take to work, it can be weeks or months for the treatment to take effect.
The worst thing you can do is to stop the treatment because you think its not working, patience is the key here.

My regime, and it is a regime, is Vagifem, Ovestin cream, and a moisturiser every day.

[orrla]

I am on my 9th day on Estriol 1mg and, must say, it's nowhere near an immediate effect from Estring I had but could not get because of shortages..

Better, but not wonderful.

Remember to smudge some outside, especially in peephole, while in bed just before going to sleep!

Best🤗

[InnerDimensions 313!]

Hi orria,
Can a person still be "intimate" with estring?

Sorry, im very ignorant in this area so far!

Thanks kindly, and tha ks to all the other women who have answered <3

[orrla]

Yes, no problems, ..I've read. You or partner can't feel it. It's soft silicone ring that's get pushed aside or up or wherever but it's ok.

[MrsMitch]

Hello ID313, I think it may also depend on ghe severity of your VA,  which sounds pretty bad, as to how long treatment will take to work. Mine went undiagnosed for over 10 years so took a few months using every night until I got relief. You then may find, as lots of us here have, that dropping to x2 per week means your symptoms will come back so you may have to fight your GP to prescribe it x7 all the time. Some GP do it straight off, others, like mine, are reluctant unless you see a menopause specialist first.