VAGIFEM Reviews (ESTRADIOL)

Average Rating: 2.4 (300 Ratings)

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VAGIFEM  (ESTRADIOL):  This medication is a female hormone (estrogen). It is used by women to help reduce vaginal symptoms of menopause (such as vaginal dryness/burning/itching). These symptoms are caused by the body making less estrogen. When treating only vaginal symptoms of menopause, products applied directly inside the vagina (such as this medication) should be used first. Estrogens that are taken by mouth, absorbed through the skin, or injected may have greater risks of side effects due to more estrogen being absorbed.   FDA Approval Date: 1999-03-26 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 2  Dryness painful intercourse Bloating, upset stomach blurry vision skin color change , diarrhea, lightheaded. Wish I knew more about this product before taking it! 58 0 days
10mg 1X day
1/26/2021
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 1  Vaginal dryness Palpitations, anxiety, frequent bowel movements. Lower tummy cramping, general unwell ness. F 63 4 months
10mg 2X W
1/14/2021
 2  Vaginal atrophy, chronic UTI I have bipolar 2 and it caused me to become increasingly depressed over the short time I took it F 46 7 days
1X day
12/18/2020
 2  Vaginal dryness Initial headaches which subsided, tiredness and flu like symptoms. On 11-12 day severe lower back pain and period pain although I have not had one for 6 years. Debilitating pain meaning I can't bend, lower or raise myself. A tiny amount of spotting. Extremely thirsty and feeling bloated. I seem to have reacted to Vagifem immediately and was happy to put up with headaches as my vaginal walls are much plumper and moist but the lower back pain and period pain is unbearable so I have discontinued use. I tried taking her tablets 1.5 years ago and developed a rash along with low moods. Decided to try vagifem as I want to have sex without suffering burning sensation and UTI's and as it is localised and supposedly low amounts enter the blood stream, I thought this would finally be the solution to post menopausal vaginal dryness. It seems I am extra sensitive to estradiol and sadly can't cope with the side effects. F 50 12 days
10 1X day
12/10/2020
 2  Dryness and UTIs Increase in blood pressure from 110/70 to 140/80. Headaches pins and needles in left hand and left buttock , and blurry eyes. Doc said wouldn't affect me . It did. Shame as the symptoms relieved but not worth the side effects F 56 12 weeks
10 2X W
12/4/2020
 3  Painful sex urinary urgency Severe bloating looked 6 months pregnant tiredness all the time Helped with urinary urgency but not worth the side effects. F 57 36 days
10 mg 1X day
11/21/2020
 3  Vaginal atrophy and UTIs First two weeks of taking vagifem daily, no side effects. Since reducing to twice weekly I have increased headaches, tinnitus and hot flushes, I started my menopause at 53 years old, my worse symptoms then were headaches, tinnitus and hot flushes which have been with me ever since, but got to a manageable level, I am now 67. My question is why has it got worse since taking the vagifem? F 67 42 days
10mcg 2X W
11/12/2020
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 5  Vaginal dryness and painfully sex Nil Enhances my desire for sex. I really love this products. F 51 2 years
1X AN
11/10/2020
 1  Vagina Atrophy Blurry eyed Anxious Weakness Lethargic I have no thyroid taking 100mg eltroxin told by my endio that it should not interefere with thryoid meds so dont know if it was just side effects or if it interfered with meds F 7 days
10/31/2020
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 5  Repeated UTI's Absolutely no side effects and no UTI's since using this product. So it's a thumbs up from me. F 70 10 months
10mg 2X W
10/27/2020
 3  Vaginal atrophy Started using for vaginal atrophy and utis. Worked very well used once daily for 2 weeks now twice weekly. Side effects started yesterday with very bad headache and increased tinnitus which incidentally I have suffered with from the onset of menopause at the age of 53. Saw a private menopause specialist who said Vagifem would help with symptoms, to be fair it has but the headache and tinnitus has vamped up. She wants me to also try estrogen gel and progesterone tablet daily, wondering if this will improve the side effects I am experiencing with vagifem or make it worse ? F 67 3 weeks
10mcg 2X W
10/22/2020
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 5  Vaginal Atrophy No side effects at all. This has changed my life completely, i was always in pain, sore stomach and feeling like i was about to have a period all the time. Now I have no pain and all other symptoms have gone. Sex used to be so painful and now im enjoying a full sex life and feeling in general great. F 61 3 months
10mg 2X W
9/30/2020
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 1  Vaginal atrophy After taking vagifem for eight weeks I thought I would have seen an improvement, but I haven't. And I have recently started to get what I thought were just ordinary spots, then I noticed they were yellow heads. After research the drug I now know I'm getting acne on my face and chest. I never even had acne as a teenager. So I'm afraid this drug is no good for me. I am coming of it today. F 58 8 weeks
10mg 2X W
9/12/2020
 4  Dryness None? However I think I might be gained weight My dr prescribe this. I find it relieves urinary urgency feeling . Haven't had any side effects however feeling bloated and tired- sometimes I don't have the best diet practices! Also I read it can cause hair loss? Haven't noticed that F 61 3 months
10 2X W
9/11/2020
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 3  Dryness, itchy,and uci all the time Palpitations, depression,tearful and anxiety & bloated feeling. The medication is effective but not happy to continue with it. will have to go back to my GP F 65 3 months
10mg 3X W
9/7/2020
 2  Dryness Very tired and a lack of energy. There was no change to my diet or exercise routine and I gained 15 pounds. Felt bloated and lower belly felt heavy. I also felt pain in my left calf for months. I thought it was a muscle pull until I stopped the vagifem and within 10 days the calf pain was gone. Not worth the side effects. I will not take this product again. F 54 13 months
10mg 2X day
9/7/2020
 1  Vaginal Atrophy, painful intercourse After only using these tablets for 3 days my already severe chronic insomnia became much worse- (which I never thought possible) I had bloating with abdominal pains and developed a vaginal infection ( never get these!) with pain and blisters on my vulva! This medication also seemed to intensify anxiety levels, I would not recommend it at all. Wish I would have read this prior to use! F 56 3 days
5 mg 1X day
9/2/2020
 3  Painful sex/ dryness Headaches, constant hot flushes low mood and Gained a stone in weight. It seems to treat one thing, but gives you another. F 63 6 months
10mg 2X W
8/25/2020
 1  V.Atrophy, dryness, incontinence, p After starting routine of every day for 1 week followed by twice a week, experienced MAJOR pelvic cramps, abdominal pain, backache and side ache, headache. Went to the ER twice for pain relief that week. They gave me 2mg Dilaudid/hydromorphone narcotic q. 4 hrs. Blood tests, urine, ECG, Ct scan first night and ultrasound 2nd night showed everything normal. I felt like I was going thru labor. 8 days of nonstop severe pain since last vagifem dose. Of course, my doc denies Vagifem enters blood system. The vagina like the skin and rectum does absorb medication! Did have this year: hands tingling, chest pain, shortness of breath, which docs couldn't find a cause. Seen many people have these symptoms attributing it to Vagifem. So time will soon tell me since I've now discontinued it. F 57 1 years
10mg 2X W
8/17/2020
 1  Severe Internal Burning Unexplained areas of unseen, internal rectal bulging/hemmorhoids causing pain, aching, bleeding and very itchy mucous. Required uncomfortable, risky and expensive internal surgical banding procedure performed by colorectal doctor every time. Bulging occurred repeatedly over several years whilst taking Vagifem. Since throwing Vagifem in the bin I haven't had one single internal rectal bulge since - it's been almost two years. Allege Vagifem was causing physiological changes where it shouldn't have. Also caused very heavy pressure in pelvic area. F 50 10 years
10mcg 2X W
8/16/2020

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