GynoFiles

With such a large percent of menopausal women experiencing feminine symptoms, newer compounds are always welcome to be able to address all the concerns women have. The newest compound to be tested ins one called Vagitocin, which is a vaginal oxytocin therapy. Most women are familiar with oxytocin's use in labor as the medication pitocin, but it has a direct effect when used in the vagina. The vaginal symptoms that gynos most want to treat include experience vaginal dryness, irritation, burning, itching or discomfort, and painful sex. The biggest contributor to painful sex is vaginal atrophy or vaginal thinning, drying and becoming less elastic. Vaginal atrophy is a consequence of the lining tissue of the vagina becoming thinner, drier, and less elastic due to the lack of estrogen. Since estrogen lack causes these symptoms estrogen therapy can resolve the condition in the right dosage, however both side effects and adverse effects can affect a woman's ability to tolerate ...

Labor usually comes on its own when the baby is ready. In most cases its an onset of contractions, in only 8% do we find that the membranes spontaneously rupture on their own. The baby hasn't come yet, although your due date is nearing, or just passed, and you may find your self still wondering: what did your mom do to bring labor on? Or did Grandma try any of these "time-honored ritual of castor oil, enema, hot bath with or without quinine?" And even our grandmother's mother may have tried these things without medical supervision. Not only were these  usually a prolonged and uncomfortable ordeal, but I was often useless and could be harmful to both mother and fetus. Now days it's a matter of what is best for both mom and baby, and done with a variety of medications, typically beginning with a prostaglandin cervical ripening. Still the most commonly used medication for inducing contractions is oxytocin , and the study of the use of  oxytocin is more than a half...