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A 48-year old asked:

What is vagifem?

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A 32-year old asked:

What would happen if my friend used my vagifem tablet?

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A 41-year old asked:

Can vagifem help with osteoporosis?

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A 69-year old female asked:

Are Vagifem pessaries safe long term?

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A 66-year old male asked:

Is vagifem helpful or otherwise a negative factor for a 67 yr. Old woman with osteoporosis?

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A 69-year old female asked:

Are Vagifem vaginal Tablets safe long term?

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A 42-year old female asked:

Can Vagifem cause elevation of both total and corrected serum calcium? on day 14 of initial 14 day cycle.

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A 50-year old female asked:

I am post menopause and use vagifem twice a week but I have a persistant ich and dryness in my nether region and it actually keeps me up at night. What can I do about this as it is becoming debilitating.

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A 49-year old asked:

Does vagifem affect bones?

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A 72-year old female asked:

Does Vagifem help to prevent UTIs?

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A 69-year old female asked:

I am 69. Having a scan as concern 7cm fibroid has grown. Can Vagifem pessaries tablets cause growth.I also get constant UTIs. Is there a connection?

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A 64-year old female asked:

Is estrace (estradiol) cream better than vagifem?

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A 54-year old female asked:

Does estrace cream work faster than vagifem since it has more estrogen per dose?

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A female asked:

Which dose is stronger...10mcg or 0.1mg? I am comparing vagifem and estrace (estradiol) cream

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A 43-year old asked:

Do you think I can use silicon lubricant when you already use vagifem estrogen tablets in vagina?

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A 40-year old female asked:

Can vagifem (10mcg) raise your cancer risk if taken before menopause? Packet insert says only to be used after menopause.

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A 52-year old female asked:

How often can you use vagifem to treat symptoms of interstitial cystitis? 3 to 4 day intervals is not sufficient, also using Marvelon. Many thanks!

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A 54-year old female asked:

I alternate estrace cream w/ vagifem. Vagifem not dissolving overnight? The next day it slowly works its way out. Insert says dissolves in couple hours. Normal or is vagifem not working for me?

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A 66-year old male asked:

If I do not have sexual intercourse, would it be better to stop using vagifem (in the absence of other vaginal dryness issues / symptoms)?

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A member asked:

Is 10mcg of vagifen for a 57 yo women with vaginal dryness too much? I am 57, very healthy and I am trying vagifem for vaginal dryness. I am taking the lowest dose-- 10mcg. I had a total hysterectomy in 1998. My question is, as doses go for hormones, is 1

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A 51-year old female asked:

Partial hyst, 50 and smoker trying to quit. What the my risks taking vaginal estrogen like vagifem or estrace (estradiol)?

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A 52-year old female asked:

Using continuous Marvelon and 10mcg vagifem. Have Interstitial cystitis. Starting to experience spotting. Is this an expected side effect? Thank-you

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A 54-year old female asked:

Just started vagifem after using estrace for a yr. My vulva is all red and irritated now....why?

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A 69-year old female asked:

Can Vagifem pessary 10mg (vaginal tablet) increase size of fibroids even after menopause? I am 69 and having a scan as they suspect fibroid increased!

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A 72-year old female asked:

Can Vagifem twice a week permanently cause breast or womb cancer?

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A 56-year old female asked:

Is light spotting two years post menopause something to worry about. Using vagifem for lichen sclerosis. Normal pap two weeks ago?

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A 56-year old female asked:

I am using vagifem twice a week to build up skin damaged by longstanding lichen sclerosis. Is hormone replacement therapy different than vagifem?

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A female asked:

I started Vagifem twice a week rather than daily for two weeks. In my third week I have developed mild cramping and diarrhea. Will this side effect co?

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A 72-year old female asked:

Ive been on Vagifem and nightly antibiotics for UTI for several years. I now use Vagifem twice a week but UTI has come back. Ive got rid of it with a course of antibiotics but is it safe to increase Vagifem to 3/4 times a week permanently?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 42-year old female asked:

on vagifem on:off for 2yrs. Not menopause. Vagifem for ic but concerned about long term usage. Irregular cycles lately = worried endometrial cancer?

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