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I have been using vaginal estrogen cream for 30 years with no problems. Not only is the estrogen for the dryness it's for stopping the amount of UTI's that older women are prone to get. I use it twice a week and I'm going to be 82 next month. It doesn't work the same way that oral estrogen does which I could never take birth control pills.
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“Risk” means that some won’t get cancer, but some will. Not everyone gets cancer or it would be 100% cancer causing. But, it means some actually do get cancer from it. Really, all of life is about weighing rusk. I prefer to not take the risk, if possible, because i tend to have the side effects of drugs. Again, i would use it if coconut oil had not worked. This also from the Mayo Clinic:
When used vaginally or on the skin, most estrogens are absorbed into the bloodstream and cause some, but not all, of the same effects as when they are taken by mouth.
We’re you able to have intercourse w your partner?
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I agree that the risk is lower than oral estrogen. Sometimes we just take the risk. I was in so much pain that if the coconut oil had not worked I would have used the cream, too. I am not against drugs, I just look for safer alternatives if such exists. I am so happy you have never had any problems with it, but someone else might be the person that gets cancer from it.
This from the Mayo Clinic:
Elderly women greater than 65 years of age may have an increased risk of certain side effects during treatment, especially stroke, invasive breast cancer, and memory problems.