Estring for Atrophic Vaginitis User Reviews (Page 3)

• ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 10, 2015

"I just removed the ring after 3 weeks because after two weeks I started having hot flashes, low back pain, and vaginal discharge. It has been 3 days now, and the symptoms are abating. I did not like the bloat I was feeling and will go back to the Estrace cream, which is not as convenient but with which I did not have side effects."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 27, 2020

"I’m having significant incontinence since I started using Estring 2 months ago. Especially when bending and picking up grandbaby. I took it out twice (not easy), and the incontinence decreased considerably. I don’t know if the position it lands in is causing pressure on my bladder."

• Mar...
• January 23, 2021

"I'm 66 and had a total hysterectomy 8 years ago due to vaginal collapse. In recent years, the Gore-Tex sutures at the top of my vagina have been poking out; I can feel a couple of prickly points. Intercourse became painful, especially deep thrusting, and I feel it's due to a shorter vagina. My GYN thinks it's more due to thinning of the vaginal walls—although it's not the walls that hurt; it's at the top, as if my husband is ramming into a brick wall. He doesn't feel any difference. I got my Estring this week. Impossible to insert it, so it doesn't keep my vagina open, which feels like it did when my cervix used to be way down there prior to surgery. I was in tears trying to push it up, and because I'd just spent $300 on something I can tell won't work. I'm also on an estrogen cream—a compound—which I've been on before but couldn't really tell if it worked."

• Mar...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 28, 2024

"I don’t feel it when inserted, which is great. Works well without the inconvenience of creams! My only problem is that I can’t for the life of me get it out by myself, so I have to have my doctor do it. Sometimes it goes all the way to the back and wraps around my cervix. Minor inconvenience."

• Rel...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 7, 2025

"Having entered full menopause 2 years ago, I’m now 61. I found my vagina/labia was completely dry a year into menopause (it had been getting worse starting the year before). Sex was dry and painful, and required a lubricant, otherwise, the skin was raw and sometimes bled. My gyno recommended the Estring. It started working noticeably by day 3, and 2 weeks in, I felt normal again. The ring looks large out of the package and requires some patience to insert. The first insertion, I could feel it riding on my cervix. I needed to push it further to the top of the uterus - that worked, and I could not feel it. I am now on my 2nd one (they are good for a 3-month window). It is a $60 co-pay, so it works out to $20 a month. I haven’t had any problems with it, and I am very happy so far. I would recommend anyone try it and see if it works as well for them as it has for me (it doesn’t have the hassle or mess of suppositories or creams). I recommended it to a friend of mine as well."

• mam...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 8, 2023

"I used the Estring vaginal ring for vaginal atrophy for a month and a half. Within the first two weeks, the atrophy had been dealt with and I was quite comfortable. However, a week after inserting the ring, I had sudden onset joint pain that was some of the worst pain I ever experienced in my life, I was living at a 10 on the pain scale every single day. The ring also caused an increase in insomnia and depression. I ended up removing it due to excessively heavy bleeding. It's been only a few days since I removed the ring, and the pain is gone, I can sleep again, and the bleeding has stopped. This ring was like poison for my body, I don't know what is in it, but it's terrible. I would not recommend it to anyone. I have used other rings in the past, which is why I wanted to try it, but I regret this one so much."

• Mtn...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 11, 2018

"I couldn't use it. The thing is HUGE and wouldn't 'fit.' It was very uncomfortable. I even had my health professional attempt to position it, and she couldn't either."

• Bla...
• September 13, 2019

"Still painful intercourse. Good for libido."

• XS9...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 28, 2019

"Having a miserable time getting the ring placed correctly. Hoping that I can work through this issue because I'm not getting much relief from the creams. Also, with a coupon, it cost $400."

• Dee...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 15, 2020

"I'm 61, and this works great for dryness. However, I cannot get this out with my finger, so going to Dr. to have it removed."

• Chi...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2020

"Not good for me: back cramps and headache, and it always made me sleepy, and I was still dry and had pain when having sex, so I stopped using it."

• mir...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 15, 2017

"I had a hysterectomy at 22, so my doctor prescribed this over a year ago. I'm not as dry, but still pain from the thinning of the walls. Hopefully, after a longer time, this will get better."

• Ton...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 20, 2021

"I cannot put it in. It’s the size of a diaphragm. Really? $400 wasted!"

• Pen...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 19, 2022

"I'm 54 years old and have noticed that the Estring's effectiveness has plummeted in the last year. Used to work like magic, now sex is so painful I cry. Deal breaker when they're $400!"

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 23, 2017

"Very effective related to dryness, but stopped when urethra opening turned black."

• ECX...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 1, 2021

"On this for menopause-induced urge incontinence and dryness. Awful! Did absolutely nothing for me and was very hard to remove."