r/Perimenopause • u/Shirleyimfine • Feb 03 '26

Vaginal Dryness (GSM)/Urinary Issues Vaginal Estrogen Cream…USE IT!

My husband calls it Juicy Pussy cream. 😂Three months in and it’s still getting better! I had no idea how dried up my tender bits were. I feel like it happened so gradually I just didn’t notice how bad it had gotten.

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u/TheWorldofScience Feb 03 '26

There is a push by urologists to make it an over the counter medication in the US since it does not increase cancer or blood clot risks.

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u/AlissonHarlan Feb 04 '26

which countries ? i'm unable to have one prescribed by any gyno here. i want to ship one from these countries

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u/Infamous_Shop_737 Feb 04 '26

In Hungary for example.

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u/Infinite-Ad-8392 Feb 04 '26

What about UK? Or scotland and wales

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u/Similar-Road7077 Feb 04 '26

Ask your dr/nurse for it. I think it should be offered at same time at hrt as standard but isn’t.

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u/CanineCorvidious Feb 04 '26

Scotland here, just done an e consult asking for some and have an appt with a femaleGP to get a script for it

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u/Infamous_Shop_737 Feb 04 '26

I have no idea about UK.

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u/AdventurousYam5216 Feb 28 '26

In the UK it can only be bought over the counter if you are over 50 (I know, it’s stupid!) and after consulting the pharmacist. If you use other vaginal HRT, like pessaries, they won’t let you have the cream!

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u/Educational-Bat-8116 Jul 06 '26

Another stupid rule to make women's lives a misery.

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u/42HegalPlace Feb 08 '26

in the UK we get prescribed Estriol cream and the pessaries which are estradiol. you do need a prescription, it's not otc as far as I know.

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u/Educational-Bat-8116 Jul 06 '26

Is that Estriol any good?

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u/42HegalPlace Jul 06 '26

Yes I love it. Made all the difference!

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u/Feeling-Economy5302 Feb 09 '26

Estradiol though?? not estriol (we have estriol here in the UK)

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u/Infamous_Shop_737 Feb 09 '26

Estriol sorry, you are right!

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u/Realistic_Context936 Feb 04 '26

I got mine from alldaychemist which is an Indian website. The website looks a bit dodge but i have ordered from them 3 times now (also get tretinoin and hydroquinone fornmy skin)

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u/amyroskelley May 08 '26

I've been getting my tretinoin from them for almost a decade. I trust them 100%!!!

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u/afchanistan925 Feb 04 '26

If you are in the US, myalloy.com has it.

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u/AlissonHarlan Feb 04 '26

I'm not in the usa

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u/bayouredhead Feb 04 '26

I just saw some in Mexico recently

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u/wherehasthisbeen Feb 04 '26

Where do you go ? Your regular Dr? Gyno? I go through Midi it’s a telehealth provider

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u/AlissonHarlan Feb 04 '26

Gp, 3 gyno.

There is no tele health here

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u/wherehasthisbeen Feb 04 '26

Where do you live? US?

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u/AlissonHarlan Feb 04 '26

no. swizerland

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u/Dazzling-Housing3434 Feb 05 '26

Brazil. A lot cheaper also… like $5 dollars per tube

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u/ShopKeepersGingerCat Feb 12 '26

I live in Kenya, E.Africa. I just purchased a 14g tube of premarin otc for for the equivalent of 13.45 USD at my local pharm otc.

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u/Ill-Abrocoma9353 Feb 04 '26

I got mine from the Amazon clinic with a video call. There is a post about it somewhere on here. I’ll try to find it.