water soluble lubes get sticky and you have to reapply frequently...the best lube on the market is Pjur..it is made in Germany...you can Google it and buy it online (try cheaplubes.com)...I live in San Francisco...so I just walk into to discount lube shop and pick up a bottle. You don't have to use as much...and it is latex safe..so you can use it with condoms too.

I was asked again by a DS member for some nonhormonal vaginal moisturizing or lubricating preparations that have been studied for vaginal dryness
1) Replens (polycarbophil) as mentioned above has great results when studied
2) Astroglide (glucano delta lactone) as we have all heard about...

any others our members have had success with?
Dr O.

Wow, I'm going to run to Walgreens on my lunch hour today and try to find Replens. That sounds very promising. Thanks for telling us about this.

I ran and got some Replens on my lunch break. I can't wait to get home tonight to try it. Does anyone know if it starts to work right away? Maybe using this every three days and using KY during intercourse, I won't be uncomfortable to have sex.

Dawn, How was the Replens ?? I started on Premarin vaginal cream and hate taking hormones.

It's making it better but still a little dry. It's a lot more bearable now. I'm still going to keep using it and I'll keep using it unless it starts getting worse.

Give it a try and let us know if it helped you.

good morning to all my ds friends ! as anyone of my friend here ever expearance this problem >>>( the 7th of august i went for my yearly pap test,,..as soon as i got home from doctor office my vagina started to burn like hell,, i ran to the bathroom to wash off the jelly he used on those thing that open you up ,,know what i mean ?,, the burning eazed off ,,, then day pass and i get burning every morning with my first urine ,, i would wash right away , the burning would go away till night ,, days gone by and it keeps getting worst with every urination ,, am on vagifem vagina estrodiol table since june 2006 cause of my cervic and lining of vagina wall tinned out at 100% ,,, never felt this type of burning since i started to use it ,so i tought it might be urine infection ,, i went to hospital last night to be tested for that ,, result came out negative ,, second result i will get in 3 to 4 days,, but the doctor at the hospital told me that he very sure its not urinary tract infection,, he tought weather vagifem not strong enough for me anymore or my familly doctor irretated my vagina while doing the pap test ,, and i sould use a baby berrier cream for diaper rash incase its just irratated ,,, and of corse said this without even a exam to my vagina , grrrrrrrrr ,,put i did put berrier on lastnight before bed time ,, got up this morning and was beable to urine without burning pain ,, but i used to do the same thing when my dryness go so unbarable before i got vagifem and it would help the burning but didnt cure for sure ,,,are they anyone here ever used a estrodiol table or cream for dryness for more then a year and expirance this ??

DawnM Approximately how much does Replens cost and how much do you get of it size wise?

Redsilver, I don't remember what I paid for it but at the Walgreens that I went to you had two choices. It either came in prefilled insert tubes or came with one insert that you fill yourself. That was the cheaper one and that's what I got. It's really easy to fill it yourself so I'd recommend that.

Another thing is you only use it every three days so one tube lasts a while.

I'm also taking my doctor's advice and having sex more often (once or twice a week) using KY Jelly and that actually seems to be helping too.

Unlucky for me no man in my life right now so I am sticking to the Premarin vaginal creams as I'm on disability and it has been real hot lately plus my Doc was away for 2 weeks until Wed. So maybe next week he will be less busy and I will ask him about Replens.

Certainly a good idea to talk to your doctor about Replens. It is an over the counter item so you don't need a prescription for it though.

Replens was the first thing I tried when they dryness started 6 years ago.
I find it hard to believe anyone thinks it is as effective as estrogen.
Replens did not help my dryness at all. Also they say it lasts up to 3 days but by the second day it is dried up and crumbling out of you like untoasted white clumpy bread crumbs. I thought it was disgusting.

Turns out the Replens isn't cutting it. I finally broke down and decided to try a prescription. I told my doctor that I can handle the hot flashes but not the dryness and pain so he prescribed premarin cream which I just picked up today. I hope it works for me and that I can cut it down to once a week dosage fairly quickly. He said to do 2-3 times a week for the first few weeks. Can you get to a point where you're only using this cream once or twice a month so you can lower your risks more?

the dryness will usually start to be noticable again if you don't use it at least once a week. the usual dose is 2 or 3 times a week for 3 weeks, then one week off.
Depending on how severe your dryness is you will notice improvement within a couple weeks to as much as a couple months.
I was using estrace cream and it worked wonderfully..... but then it made me get cysts in my breasts so I'm back to being dry as dust.