Less irritation
May help ease vaginal irritation during everyday activities.
More comfortable intimacy
May help reduce vaginal pain during sex.
Relief from dryness
May help relieve vaginal dryness after menopause.
May help ease vaginal irritation during everyday activities.
May help reduce vaginal pain during sex.
May help relieve vaginal dryness after menopause.
8 weeks
Women said sex was less painful after eight weeks of using vaginal estradiol.*
85.5%ofwomen
85.5% of women after menopause had relief from vaginal symptoms while using vaginal estradiol.**
* For 8 weeks: Original source. Kroll et al., Menopause (2018), primary paper PMC5779318, Results and Figure 2A. Sexually active postmenopausal women with moderate to severe pain during sex as most bothersome symptom. Modified ITT estradiol n=239 and vehicle n=233. Studied 0.003% estradiol cream, 15 micrograms/application, daily for 2 weeks then three times weekly for 10 weeks. At week 8 mean severity change on 0 to 3 scale was -1.5 with estradiol and -1.2 with vehicle (P=0.004); improvement also at week 12. Group improvement, not guaranteed onset or complete resolution for every woman. Study instructions are not prescribing advice. This study followed women using vaginal estradiol cream after menopause.
** For 85.5%: Simunic et al., 2003, 12-month randomized trial of 1,612 women, with 828 assigned vaginal estradiol. Success combined patient-reported and clinically assessed vaginal-atrophy symptoms; the placebo rate was 41.4%. Tablets were used daily for two weeks and twice weekly thereafter. This was 25 mcg; your prescribed product and strength may differ. Original study. The 85.5% figure is an overall treatment-response assessment combining patient-reported symptoms and clinical signs of vaginal atrophy (tissue thinning); it does not mean all women became symptom-free or that each symptom improved by 85.5%.
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