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Osphena helps relieve vaginal dryness and painful intercourse; side effects include hot flashes, sweating, vaginal discharge, and increases in UTIs and clotting. Watch OB/GYN Jennifer Ashton, MD, discuss what you should know before taking Osphena.
Well with any medication you always have to go over the pros and cons, and for Osphena things are no different. You want to ask your healthcare provider about the risks, the benefits, and the alternatives or options. Now when you talk about a drug like Osphena the risks are considerable. Like any medication, this is a pill you take every single day, so it is being absorbed all over the body even though it's working in an estrogen positive manner really just in and around the vagina, but side effects of Osphena, hot flashes, excessive sweating, vaginal discharge, an increase of urinary tract infections and a slight increase in clotting just as you would see with any other hormone or hormonal like medication. Benefits, it does invigorate the vaginal tissue in postmenopausal women and can lessen the discomfort associated with intercourse in women who are in a low estrogen state, but there are also alternatives and there are a number of very good, very safe and effective alternatives, both prescription medication and natural over-the-counter.
Jennifer Ashton, MD is a board-certified Ob-Gyn. Dr. Ashton received the prestigious Columbia Alfred DuPont Award for Excellence in Journalism for her work on CBS's Children of The Recession and she is a regular expert on The Dr. Oz Show.
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