Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: JenniferKnowles on August 17, 2022, 02:02:24 PM
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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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Oh good lord, why does she do that? X
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Hi
She told me it works better being absorbed through the anus
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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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No I don't think so..?
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Blimey ???
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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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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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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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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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Hi all
Yes I will definitely advise her on this....
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A wind up, right! ;)
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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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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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I could write a book about what people put where they shouldn't :-X :o
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;D I shouldn't laugh, but the mind boggles at what some people are prepared to do, I'd read your book CLKD it would make for interesting reading :o x
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Am i the only one who is impressed that she has the dexterity to place the Vagifem there, don't think i would manage to ;D
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Amazing Grace - i got told off by GP for using Oestrogel on my arms, she said but it is for the vulval area! I corrected her but she didn't believe and looked it up on her computer.
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;D God help us when a doctor thinks oestrogel goes on the vulva and to have to look it up when corrected by a patient, I too am impressed that she had the dexterity to get it up there, wonder if she uses the applicator, x
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Am i the only one who is impressed that she has the dexterity to place the Vagifem there, don't think i would manage to ;D
I never thought of that, the plot thickens! :o
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So- I have now warned her this is not a good place to put this cream. She has taken it all on board (I hope)
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I worked as a medical secretary in Casualty - saw it all ::)