Estrace vag cream – is a drug for treatment of menopausal symptoms. Despite the fact that the drug is intended for local use, it also possesses systemic action, replenishing a missing female hormone estrogen and normalizing the body functions related to its deficiency.
Estrogen is released by the female body throughout the reproductive period. With the onset of menopause, the body starts to release a very small amount of this hormone, this leads to the conditions and diseases, such as dryness and atrophy of the vagina, osteoporosis, hot flashes.
Before to use Estrace vag cream, patients should undergo a thorough gynecological examination which resulted in the doctor prescribes the dosage and duration of treatment. In order to avoid the development of diseases, to which prolonged use of this drug can lead, the patients are recommended to undergo periodically medical examinations.
Indications to Estrace vag cream application:
- burning, itching and dryness in the vagina;
- urinary tract infections;
- hot flashes;
- excessive sweating;
- postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Impact of Estrace vag cream is aimed at the regulation of estrogen level in the body and elimination of the states, associated with its deficiency as well as the regulation of secretion of the vagina glands.
Estrace vag cream is recommended to take in the prescribed dosage once a day. In order to increase Estrace vag cream effectiveness, it should be taken at one and the same time. It is necessary to measure the required dose of Estrace vag cream in the graduated applicator, then carefully insert it deep into the vagina and extrude the cream there. After that, the applicator should be disassembled and washed with warm soapy water and left to dry in order it was completely dry to the next application.
Estrace vag cream is contraindicated in hyperactivity to the drug components, during pregnancy and breastfeeding as well as in benign and malignant tumors, hemorrhagic / ischemic stroke, thromboembolism, uterine bleeding of unknown etiology, liver and kidney diseases.
In long-term Estrace vag cream use, it is recommended to undergo periodically medical examination to detect the development of side effects.
