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.