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Old 09-12-2013, 10:33 AM   #5
Becky
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Re: Vaginal dryness without Estrogen therapy

I use a product call RepHresh. They use the pH in the name because they have a sister product called Replens. These are long acting lubricants only and are OTC and no estrogen. They are sold in preloaded tubes and need to be reapplied every 3 days. The first day is alittle messy and you may need a pad (even though you might apply at night you will need a little pad or something the next morning - the good news is that it's lub action works 3/4 days and the other days are not messy). The difference between Replens and RepHresh is that the Rephrest is pH buffered. Many of us also get our pH off (acidic) and so this product helps with that. I find RepHresh a better product for me. Try it. It works and no estrogen/OTC - . However, if you used to use a contraceptive jelly and that bothered you down there, this could. Some women are bothered by those jellies because they are bothered by the NP-9 in them. This is the active ingredient. But some are bothered by propylene glycol which is just a formulation ingredient. Propylene glycol is a formulation ingredient in these products. But you say you use KY and propylene glycol is an ingredient in many of these products so if you can use that, you can use this.
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