Painful sex may be eased with new FDA-approved cream

If you’re a post menopausal woman who experiences painful sexual intercourse, you may want to ask your doctor about a newly approved low-dose Premarin vaginal cream.

The medical term for painful sexual intercourse is dyspareunia and doctors have acknowledged that this is a problem that can affect a woman’s quality of life. According to a press release issued by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals:

"This approval is welcome news, especially when you consider that more than one in four untreated postmenopausal women experience dyspareunia, a symptom of vulvar and vaginal atrophy, which typically does not subside without treatment," says Gloria Bachmann, M.D., Director of the Women’s Health Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J. and Chief of the OB/GYN service at the teaching hospital.

So, if this is a problem that you have, don’t just "live with it." See if something like this may help you.

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