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Non-hormonal topical treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy: an up-to-date overview.

Abstract
Vulvovaginal atrophy-related symptoms exert a negative impact on the quality of life of up to 50% of postmenopausal women. Many of them decline to use topical vaginal estrogen, which is the standard effective therapy, due to the adverse publicity over recent years, and seek for alternatives. Further, there are no safety studies to support the use of topical vaginal estrogen in breast cancer survivors, and it is considered as contraindicated by many health-care professionals. Vaginal moisturizers and lubricants as well as regular sexual activity may be helpful to such women. Vaginal moisturizers may have an equivalent efficacy to topical vaginal estrogen and should be offered to women wishing to avoid the use of hormonal therapy. Lubricants are usually used during sexual intercourse to provide temporary relief from vaginal dryness and dyspareunia; however, they have no long-term therapeutic effects. We provide in this systematic review up-to-date information, for women and health-care professionals, about the use, safety and efficacy of the available vaginal moisturizers and lubricants.
AuthorsA Sinha, A A A Ewies
JournalClimacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society (Climacteric) Vol. 16 Issue 3 Pg. 305-12 (Jun 2013) ISSN: 1473-0804 [Electronic] England
PMID23215675 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review, Systematic Review)
Chemical References
  • Estrogens
  • Lipids
  • Lubricants
  • Replens
  • Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies
Topics
  • Administration, Intravaginal
  • Aged
  • Atrophy
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Coitus (physiology)
  • Contraindications
  • Dyspareunia (prevention & control)
  • Estrogens
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipids (administration & dosage)
  • Lubricants (administration & dosage)
  • Menopause
  • Middle Aged
  • Quality of Life
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Survivors
  • Vagina (pathology)
  • Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies
  • Vaginal Diseases (etiology, therapy)
  • Vulva (pathology)

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