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When it comes to menopause, most women are prepared for hot flashes, night sweats and fatigue. However, one of the most common symptoms of menopause is one that is rarely talked about: painful intercourse (dyspareunia).
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If you find yourself avoiding sex because intercourse now means more pain than pleasure, you could be suffering from dyspareunia (painful sex) due to menopause.
If you have dyspareunia, you may also experience:
If you find intercourse painful after menopause, you are not alone! Dyspareunia is second only to vaginal dryness as the most common bothersome symptom of menopause.
In fact, 59% of postmenopausal
women with VVA find
sex painful.
Dr. Barb Depree explains why even though sexual intimacy can be a sensitive subject, painful intercourse due to menopause is too important a condition to ignore.
Watch video to learn more
Dr. Barb DePree, OB/GYN, women's healthcare provider and menopause care specialist, is a paid spokesperson for Duchesnay USA.
Why does sexual intercourse become painful with menopause? Women’s health experts, Dr. James A. Simon and Dr. Barb DePree, explain how changes happening in and around the vagina due to menopause can lead to painful sex.
Real menopausal women, Lisa and Michelle, also share their personal experiences with moderate to severe dyspareunia and why they chose Osphena® to treat their symptoms.
Watch the video to learn more.
Dr. James A. Simon, Medical Director, IntimMedicine Specialists, and President, International Society Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH)
Dr. Barb DePree, OB/GYN, women’s healthcare provider and menopause care specialist, is a paid spokesperson for Duchesnay USA.
Possible side effects include hot flashes, vaginal discharge, muscle spasms, headache, excessive sweating, heavy vaginal bleeding and night sweats.
Whereas before menopause, estrogen helps keep your vaginal walls thick and stretchy, falling estrogen levels due to menopause can cause your vaginal lining to become thinner and less elastic and your vaginal walls to produce less lubrication. With less elasticity and less lubrication, it is no wonder sex after menopause can be painful!
Vaginal tissue before menopause:
Estrogen keeps vaginal walls thick and stretchy
Vaginal tissue after menopause:
Falling estrogen levels make tissue thinner, drier and less elastic
The good news is that painful sex due to menopause is a treatable medical condition. Unfortunately, many women suffer needlessly because they:
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It is important to know that painful sex due to menopause is a chronic condition. That means that without treatment, it won’t go away and could even get worse.
That’s why, if you are currently suffering from moderate to severe painful sex due to menopause, it’s time to talk to your healthcare provider about the first and only non-hormonal, once-daily oral pill: Osphena®.
If you find yourself avoiding sex because intercourse now means more pain than pleasure, you could be suffering from dyspareunia (painful sex) due to menopause.
If you have dyspareunia, you may also experience:
When it comes to menopause, most women are prepared for hot flashes, night sweats and fatigue. However, one of the most common symptoms of menopause is one that is rarely talked about: painful intercourse (dyspareunia).
If you find intercourse painful after menopause, you are not alone! Dyspareunia is second only to vaginal dryness as the most common bothersome symptom of menopause.
Osphena is a prescription oral pill that treats moderate to severe painful intercourse and/or moderate to severe vaginal dryness, both symptoms of changes in your vagina, due to menopause.
Osphena works like estrogen in the lining of the uterus (endometrium), but can work differently in other parts of the body. Taking estrogen alone or Osphena may increase your chance for getting cancer of the lining of the uterus. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the lining of the uterus. Your healthcare provider should check any unusual vaginal bleeding to find out the cause, so tell him or her right away if this happens while you are using Osphena.
Osphena may increase your chances of having a stroke or blood clots.
You and your healthcare provider should talk regularly about whether you still need treatment with Osphena.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have unusual vaginal bleeding, changes in vision or speech, sudden new severe headaches, and pains in your chest or legs with or without shortness of breath, weakness and fatigue.
Osphena should not be used if you have unusual vaginal bleeding, have or have had certain types of cancers, have or have had blood clots, had a stroke or heart attack, have severe liver problems, are allergic to Osphena or any of its ingredients, or think you may be pregnant. Tell your healthcare provider if you are going to have surgery or will be on bed rest.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines and supplements you take, as some medicines may affect how Osphena works. Osphena may also affect how other medicines work.
Duchesnay USA encourages you to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please read Patient Information for Osphena (ospemifene) tablets, including Boxed Warning and the Full Prescribing Information.
Osphena is a prescription oral pill that treats moderate to severe painful intercourse and/or moderate to severe vaginal dryness, both symptoms of changes in your vagina, due to menopause.
See full Prescribing Information for complete Boxed Warning.
Osphena works like estrogen in the lining of the uterus (endometrium), but can work differently in other parts of the body. Taking estrogen alone or Osphena may increase your chance for getting cancer of the lining of the uterus. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the lining of the uterus. Your healthcare provider should check any unusual vaginal bleeding to find out the cause, so tell him or her right away if this happens while you are using Osphena.
Osphena is a prescription oral pill that treats moderate to severe painful intercourse and/or moderate to severe vaginal dryness, both symptoms of changes in your vagina, due to menopause.
See full Prescribing Information for complete Boxed Warning.
Osphena works like estrogen in the lining of the uterus (endometrium), but can work differently in other parts of the body. Taking estrogen alone or Osphena may increase your chance for getting cancer of the lining of the uterus. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the lining of the uterus. Your healthcare provider should check any unusual vaginal bleeding to find out the cause, so tell him or her right away if this happens while you are using Osphena.
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