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Menopause dryness

Posted: Apr 4, 2017

Has anyone used Wild Yam for menopausal dryness and did not work or has anyone used Estrace Cream? Thanks so much!

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Menopause dryness - Marie

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Depends on what you're concerned about exactly. Dryness and atrophy caused by menopause interfering with your sex life? If that's the issue and you have all vital organs, which I do, my doctor put me in Prempro and what a difference within 2 weeks to say the least. Lubricant only works for so long, and I do hear decent remarks about creams. Talk to your doctor. I was nervous about blood clots and all side effects for years, but now I'm so glad I took that chance and got on Prempro, plus I dropped 12 pounds within 2 months without changing diet because my hormones were so out of whack. This August will make 1 year I've been taking it daily and I love that medication....made a huge difference overall.

Thank you so much! - tootsie

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Yes it is atrophy. I will ask about the Prempro.

Menopause dryness - Marie

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Prempro was prescribed for me because I never had a hysterectomy, so I will not have breakthrough bleeding with this med since I am so-called fully intact organ wise lol. No side effects at all except weight loss, less anxious, no dryness, and to be frank, after 1-1/2 months, I can't get enough sex from my husband....I'm alive again sexually and always aroused easily..sorry to be so explicit but I went into early menopause at the age of 46 and now just turned 57. I feel sexy again!!

Menopause - TX

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I think your frankness is refreshing. We are all in the medical field after all, lol. I think this is such helpful information. Have tried a few things here and there but nothing worked so... good job! Might help a lot of ladies. :)

Please, please be aware - that

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Prempro is a product of pregnant mares urine. Think about what this means. Premarin: pre(pregnant)mar(mare)in(urine). Prempro is derived from the same ingredient.

Pregnant mares stand in pee lines having their urine collected for the making of this drug. Not only is the practice cruel, think about the by-product. A foal. Pregnant mares are not pregnant forever. What happens to this foal?

There is a rescue in Arizona that was started for the PMU horses (pregnant mares urine horses). They take the horses they can. A lot of the foals still go to slaughter.

I will NEVER take this drug. I just couldn't in good conscious know that my own comfort came at the expense of a living, breathing animal.

From the rescue:

The hormone replacement therapy PREMARIN (PREgnant MARes urINe) and other products such as PremPro and PremPhase are taken by millions of women every day. With recent news that these drugs have been medically proven to cause cancer, blood clots, and other harmful medical conditions in women, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has cut production of Premarin by 50%. Although in the long run this is good news, currently there are 20,000 stallions, mares and foals without homes. Some are being rescued by individuals, some by non-profit groups, but the majority are sent to slaughter for human consumption.

For those pregnant PMU mares who still have their jobs, their days of suffering are far from over. They live each day in cramped stalls too small to even lie down, they are denied free access to water, standing for up to six months in a “pee-line” with rubber collection cups hooked tightly around their urethra. Once they have their foals, they are immediately impregnated and brought back to the “pee-line”. The foals are sent to auction, ultimately to slaughter, since they are a “by-product” of the industry. When the mares are too old to bear any more foals, they are then sent to auction, and like the foals, sent to the slaughterhouse.

Pleaseeee - Marie

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Like my doctor said, be miserable with all menopause brings or go for a better way of life. I love animals, I eat meat, and I honestly don't care what any medication is made from if it gives me my life back, minus vaginal dryness and severe atrophy, agitation, hot flashes, fatigue, restless nights, anxiety, weight gain, etc. There will always be a product in this world that has brought harm to animals, the earth, nature. Let me guess, you've not had the wonderful pleasure (not) of experiencing this yet. OTC meds didn't phase me one bit, nor other prescriptions, so if Prempro works, bring on the criticism, but I feel like a woman again and I love it!!

Menopause - MT25

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Just like they torture horses by making them pull carriages in NYC, meat eaters require butchering of animals, makeup, but you have to choose your battle and only God can judge each of us!

You guessed wrong - I am

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going on 7 years post menopausal and have experienced ALL the miserable symptoms of dryness, hot flashes and sweats out of the blue, sleepless nights, depression, my latest is dry eyes. Poor me, I feel so bad sometimes.

BUT, I will never use any of the pregnant mare's urine drugs. Can't do it.

I take estradiol. It's cheap too. A 3-month - supply

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is $10. I used to use Premarin but after I read about the abuse of horses and Premarin, I switched to estradiol. I feel great on estradiol.

seriously curiosity can be a bad thing - menopause at 39, totally asexual at 42

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after reading all the positives on being prescribed prempro ... was considering talking to my doc about my problems (never discussed it) and prempro ... then someone spoke of pregnant mare's urine and got me googling.. for people who care, here is a link that shows how mares are treated poorly ... gave me the shudders .. am better being asexual . but as someone pointed .. to each her own

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