Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things

Local vaginal estrogen will restore sandpaper sex to SLIPPERY SEX and can also help alleviate URINARY URGENCY and RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS.  But, often, doctors only mention the cream and never bring up that here is also a estrogen vaginal ring, tablet, and insert. When it comes to local vaginal estrogen products, you have a lot of choices.  All are safe, and all are effective, but there are pros and cons to each product. 

This is your guide to LOCAL VAGINAL ESTROGEN. 

In this episode Dr. Streicher covers: 

The BENEFITS of local vaginal estrogen products

HOW to use each product, the pros and cons and how long you can use (should) vaginal estrogen

Why vaginal TESTOSTERONE is sometimes prescribed

Further Information on this topic can be found in:

Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina- A gynecologist's guide to eliminating post menopause dryness and pain

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a  certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio,Nightline,Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 

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