Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: riverrunsfree on August 05, 2017, 11:52:11 AM
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Hi...am recovering with UTI and have been using 10mg vagifem twice a week..I want to use it three times a week....do you think Doctor will agree. 10mg doesn't seem to do much..any experience of this? Plus I think I need a cream on outer area..ovestin doesn't suit me..are there alternatives?
Riverrunsfreexxx
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I use Vagifem every day and using it five times a week is equivalent to the old dose, many doctors are happy to prescribe it at that level.
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Thankyou so much Tinkerbell..very eye opening...I shall not worry so much xxx
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My gynae told me that using it everyday was only equivalent to taking one or two, can't quite remember which, systemic HRT tablets a year. It is quite safe to use long term too.
Up it to five times a week and see how you go.
There is another cream, think it is called ortho gynest, but I have no problems with Ovestin so use that too.
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Orthogynest was discontinued. I have Ovestin which is delivered differently; every night for 2/3 weeks then 2/3 times a week, some ladies find that they need to use Vagifem 7 nights a week as it's a lesser dose than the original product. riverrunsfree - VA for me presented as urine infection-type symptoms and felt like razor blades up there :o
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Orthogynest is not discontinued as such just changed the name to estriol cream.
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Tnx.