Genitourinary infections are experienced by many women. They cause discomfort, pain and pain in the lower abdomen, as well as poor health. There are many drugs available to treat these symptoms, including Ovestin suppositories. Reviews note that the drug removes dryness and burning in the vagina. It acts quickly and efficiently. Helps safely transfer the onset of menopause.
Composition and form of release of Ovestin
The medicine "Ovestin" is produced in the form of tablets, cream and vaginal suppositories. Forms of release of the drug differ from each other only in secondary substances, the main active ingredient in these drugs is the same, this is estriol.
Candles "Ovestin" (reviews say that this tool works effectively with vaginitis) are packed in PVC / PE double-sided cells of five pieces. In total, there are five such blisters in the box, plus instructions for use. Suppositories are made in the shape of a torpedo. They have a white, and in some places a light cream shade. The surface of the candle is uniform.
An auxiliary substance in vaginal suppositories is Vitepsol S58.
The medicine is made in France. It must be stored in a dry place, protected from sunlight. At a temperature of 2 to 24 ° C. The shelf life of candles is three years from the date of their manufacture.
Pharmacology of the drug
They give a quick result in the treatment of many gynecological diseases of the candle "Ovestin". Reviews of them say that the medication improves the condition of a woman during menopause. The medicine makes up for the deficiency of estrogen in the postmenopausal period. Makes the symptoms of menopause less pronounced. It has a positive result in the treatment of genitourinary diseases. It contains the hormone estriol, which acts as an analogue of the natural hormone of a woman.
The drug with atrophy of the genitourinary system stabilizes the state of the epithelium. Helps normalize the vaginal microflora. Increases the immunity of epithelial cells that are located in the genitourinary tract. As a result, the body resists infections better. Genitourinary organs are less likely to undergo an inflammatory process. Pain during sexual intercourse is reduced, vaginal dryness passes, itching disappears. The process of urination is stabilized. The use of Ovestin suppositories (reviews of women note that, despite the presence of a hormone in the drug, it rarely causes side effects and is generally well tolerated by women) prevents urinary incontinence, which often occurs during menopause.
The drug "Ovesol" is hormonal. It is characterized by short-term action. This feature distinguishes it from other hormonal preparations of a similar action. It acts selectively, not systemically. It is the preferred estrogen that does not need the addition of a progestogen, so when it is used, bleeding does not occur, requiring drug withdrawal. The daily dosage of the drug does not provoke the occurrence of endometrial proliferation.
Since the drug is administered intravaginally, its bioavailability in the injection zone reaches a maximum of 90%. The maximum concentration of the active substance in the blood is observed after 1-2 hours after the administration of the drug. The medicine is excreted through the kidneys, and the residual metabolic products through the liver. The half-life is 6–9 hours.
Suppositories "Ovestin" help to significantly reduce the number of relapses of genitourinary diseases, relieve urinary infections. After treatment with the drug, infectious diseases do not bother women for three months.
Candles "Ovestin": indications for use
Reviews say that the cost of the drug is fully justified by its effectiveness. Women are not advised to save on their health and look for cheaper analogues that do not work as effectively as this medicine.
Vaginal suppositories are used in hormone replacement therapy to eliminate atrophy, which occurs in the mucous membrane of the genitourinary system and is associated with estrogen deficiency.
The drug is indicated for postmenopausal women who have surgery. Candles "Ovestin" (reviews of many women consider this medicine ideal, they say that only it can fully support a woman during menopause) and are used after gynecological surgery.
The medication is also used in the diagnosis of the genitourinary system. In the case when the cytological examination of the cervix did not give a clear result, since atrophic changes occurred in the woman’s body. A similar examination is carried out with suspected oncology.
When is the drug contraindicated?
Instructions for the use of Ovestin suppositories (reviews of women note that the drug helps to establish sexual life during menopause, eliminates pain during intercourse and dry vagina) is not recommended for use with breast cancer and with the slightest suspicion of it. The drug is also prohibited for malignant tumors in the body. You should not use the medicine for bleeding if there is endometrial hyperplasia and if there are venous thromboses.
The medicine is not prescribed after the thromboembolic diseases of arteries, such as myocardial infarction, angina pectoris. Oventin suppositories are not used for diseases of the liver and porphyria for women (reviews note that if the instructions for use are not followed and the dosage is overshot, side effects often occur).
With extreme caution, a medication is used for uterine fibroids and endometriosis. After suffering thromboembolic ailments and, if there are risk factors for such disorders. You should be careful when arterial hypertension, liver adenoma and in the presence of cholelithiasis. The drug is prescribed with caution in diabetes mellitus, jaundice and liver failure. Patients suffering from migraine, systemic lupus erythematosus and endometrial hyperplasia should be under special control. In rare cases, the drug is prescribed for epilepsy, asthma, pancreatitis and otosclerosis.
Suppositories "Ovestin" is strictly forbidden to use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. If the drug was used during pregnancy, then at the first sign of pregnancy, therapy should be discontinued.
Candles "Ovestin": side effects
Reviews of doctors note that they have been using the drug in their practice for a long time. They say that he is on the list of preferential medicines and they often prescribe it to elderly patients. According to them, suppositories worked well in the treatment of senile atrophy of the vagina, the code during the tests, a lack of estrogen was revealed.
Like any other hormonal medicine, Ovestin can cause side effects. Among them are vaginal itching and irritation. In some cases, there is excessive sensitivity and soreness of the vagina, breast enlargement, tension in the intimate zone. As a rule, these symptoms are temporary and disappear with a decrease in dosage.
Among the side effects, spotting is still noted, sometimes breakthrough bleeding occurs, in some cases metrorrhagia is observed.
During hormone replacement therapy, estrogen-dependent neoplasia of a benign and malignant nature, cholelithiasis, the occurrence of a heart attack and stroke were observed. Diseases of the skin were recorded, including erythema nodosum, chloasma, hemorrhagic purpura, erythema, and increased libido. In rare cases, associated with the appearance of venous thromboembolism suppository "Ovestin". Reviews of doctors associate side effects with improper use of the drug and exceeding the recommended dose.
Dosage, rules of use
We strongly recommend that you use the instructions for use strictly according to the doctor’s prescription. Reviews (the price of the drug does not bother patients, since the drug gives a good result in the treatment of atrophy of the vaginal mucosa) note that for some elderly patients, the drug is prescribed for life, in a dosage of 1-2 suppositories per week. According to them, this dosage helps them maintain their estrogen levels.
Before and after surgery, women are prescribed the drug in the postmenopausal period, when surgery is possible only through the vagina. In this case, before the upcoming operation, one suppository is administered daily for two weeks. After surgery, one vaginal suppository is prescribed twice a week.
If there is a diagnosis, then to clarify the cytological examination, Ovestin suppositories are administered one suppository every other day, throughout the week, until a new smear is taken. If the patient missed the dose, then the candle is administered at a time when the woman remembers this. In the future, the procedure is carried out according to the scheme. It is strongly not recommended that the Ovestin suppository be administered twice daily. Reviews (the price of the drug does not look so overestimated, given the result that this medicine gives), many women are strongly recommended to start the therapy of postmenopausal symptoms with a minimum dosage and in order to avoid side effects, do not neglect the doctor's prescriptions.
Ladies who have not previously used hormone replacement therapy can start treatment with this medication at any time. This also applies to those patients who switched to Ovestin suppositories for women (reviews indicate that the drug is intended primarily for ladies of Balzac age) with oral combined hormonal drugs that they used in HRT.
Those patients who took medicines for hormone replacement therapy in a cyclic regimen should switch to this drug one week after the cancellation of medicines previously used for HRT.
The cost of vaginal suppositories
Warns that candles “Ovestin” are dispensed without a doctor’s prescription, instructions. The price (reviews of some women note that Ovestin cream is more convenient to use than candles, according to them, and it is used more economically), the drug in the pharmacy chain fluctuates around 100 rubles. Ovestin tablets cost about 1,200 rubles, and cream - 1,500 rubles.
Analogs
They note that quickly and effectively remove the symptoms of menopause candles "Ovestin" for women, reviews. The price of the drug fluctuates around a thousand rubles, and many patients consider it justified. If for some reason these suppositories are not suitable for treatment, then analogues should be used, such as:
- Ovipol Clio. The cost of 15 candles ranges from 500-600 rubles. Manufacturer: Moldova. The active substance is estriol.
- "Estrogel." The drug is in the form of a gel. It costs about 600 rubles. It is made in Belgium. The active ingredient is estradiol.
- "Estrokad." Ten vaginal suppositories cost about 700 rubles. A medicine is produced in Germany. The active substance is estriol. In one suppository it is about 500 mcg.
When choosing an analogue, do not forget to consult a doctor, since only an experienced specialist can make a worthy replacement of a medicine.
What do the doctors say
Candles "Ovestin" reviews of doctors are considered the best for the treatment of vaginal atrophy in elderly patients and to eliminate negative symptoms with menopause. Many doctors believe that half the recommended dose is enough to maintain the right amount of estrogen.
If there is severe vaginal atrophy, which usually occurs after vulvoscopy and cytology, doctors prescribe the drug for life, twice a week, one candle. They note that in this situation, the medicine gives the best result, with which other analogues can not be compared. Very often, Ovestin cream is given priority over candles.
She notes that they give a positive effect in the treatment of senile vaginitis suppositories "Ovestin", instructions. The reviews of doctors fully confirm this and say that this drug also removes urinary incontinence and treats itching, vulvar irritation.
There are doctors who consider Ovestin candles to be ineffective. They say that with urinary incontinence they do not give any result. Suppositories do not always justify themselves with vaginal itching. According to them, patients who used it for a long time noted a number of side effects.
Patient opinion
The Ovestin candle reviews (the price of this drug often repels women, and they begin to look for a replacement) are considered a real salvation. They helped many during the menopause. When there was a deficiency of estrogen. They helped eliminate itching, excessive vaginal dryness and burning. Significantly improved well-being with menopause.
Candles "Ovestin" reviews are called indispensable, especially at the very beginning of menopause, when hot flashes cause fatigue, fatigue, headaches and insomnia.
The drug helps some almost immediately, while others feel better after a month of use. There are ladies whom the medicine has relieved of urinary incontinence. It saved them from this trouble in almost several applications.
But not everyone was satisfied with the drug "Ovestin." So, many note its hormonal composition. In their opinion, suppositories can cause ovarian cancer and provoke fibroma.
At the beginning of the use of suppositories, many had a burning sensation in the vagina, which took place on the 2-3 day of treatment. Ladies also note that while they are using the drug, their condition is normal, but after its cancellation, all negative symptoms return. Because of this, many people prescribe the drug for life.
As a rule, women tolerate treatment with vaginal suppositories “Ovestin” well. But some ladies note the presence of side effects, among which are itching of the vulva, migraine and irritation of the vaginal mucosa.
Even in the reviews it is said about the overpriced cost of the drug, which some female representatives forced to abandon it.
From the foregoing, we can conclude that in most cases, candles "Ovestin" have a beneficial effect on the body. The drug helps to eliminate ailments with menopause, indispensable for vaginal atrophy. It acts quickly and delicately, but sometimes causes side effects.