Effect of long-acting oestriol on the vaginal cytology of postmenopausal women

Purola, E.; Vartiainen, E.

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae 66(4): 216-218

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0355-9521
PMID: 907314
Document Number: 114813
Postclimacteric women (8) were given 80 mg polyestriol phosphate by i.m. injection in order to analyze the effect of the drug on the vaginal cytology. In 4 patients whose vaginal smears showed complete atrophy before treatment, a clear but weak estrogen effect was observed after the medication. This effect appeared after 1 wk in 3 patients and after 2 wk in 1 patient, and it lasted 4 wk in 3 cases and 2 wk in 1. In 4 patients whose vaginal smears showed a weak estrogen effect before treatent, the therapy did not result in any significant change of the vaginal smear pattern.

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