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001 - Symptoms and Effective Treatment for Women Experiencing the Menopause - Dr Sarah Ball & Dr Louise Newson

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

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The Importance of GP Guidance

A woman went to her GP with dry, sore vagina for the third time in three years. She was advised that she had some fagifem - not HRT but a small dose of hormone-replacement therapy. Fagifem can help reduce symptoms such as vaginal dryness and tiredness. But it may also cause problems like cystitis or recurrent urine infections. If you give them down below your belt, vagifem just melts away so they don't need antibiotics. It's really no problem using both at all. I mean, when GP is a challenge, it often works, isn't it? But it's hard. Just getting women talking about it.

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