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Doc & Diva. Conversations, Laughs and Information About Menopause
Watch as a doctor and a diva share conversations, laughs and information about menopause. The Doc, Mary Jane Minkin, a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Yale University, and the Diva of Menopause, Karen Giblin, President of RedHotMamas give you real, honest and valuable information about menopause – and a few laughs along the way.
Meet the Doc and the Diva
The Doc...
Dr. Mary Jane Minkin is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, who works in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut, and a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University School of Medicine. While women's health is her area of expertise, Mary Jane has a special interest in menopause. She is an active member of the North American Menopause Society and is a Certified Menopause Clinician. She serves as medical advisor to the national menopause support group, the Red Hot Mamas.
The Diva...
Karen Giblin knows a little something about menopausal health. In 1991, Karen underwent a total hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy, which caused the onset of surgical menopause. Her experiences with menopause and estrogen therapy prompted her to start Red Hot Mamas (redhotmamas.org), the nation's largest menopause education program. Red Hot Mamas has been providing mid-life women's health information and support for nearly 20 years.
Be sure to check in on the Doc & Diva regularly for new episodes by visiting docdiva.com – you can even sign up to stay in the know on new Doc & Diva chats. You'll find informative videos covering topics from hot flashes to postmenopausal osteoporosis, to how to keep things cool in the bedroom.
Indication
Vivelle-Dot is used after menopause to: reduce moderate to severe hot flashes; treat moderate to severe dryness, itching and burning in or around the vagina; help reduce your chances of getting osteoporosis (thin weak bones); and treat certain conditions in which a young woman's ovaries do not produce enough estrogens naturally. Vivelle-Dot 0.025 mg/day is only used to prevent osteoporosis from menopause. If you use Vivelle-Dot only to treat your dryness, itching, and burning in and around your vagina or if you use Vivelle-Dot only to prevent osteoporosis from menopause, talk with your healthcare professional about whether a different treatment or medicine without estrogens might be better for you.
Important Safety Information
Estrogens increase the chances of getting cancer of the uterus (womb). Report any unusual vaginal bleeding right away while you are taking estrogens. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the uterus (womb).
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attacks, or strokes. Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots. Using estrogens with progestins may increase your risk of dementia (decline in memory and thinking skills).
Vivelle-Dot should not be used if you have unusual vaginal bleeding; currently have or have had certain cancers, including cancer of the breast or uterus; had a stroke or heart attack in the recent past (for example, in the past year); currently have or have had blood clots; currently have or have had liver problems; or think you may be, or know that you are, pregnant.
The most common side effects that may occur with Vivelle-Dot are headache, breast tenderness, and back pain.
You and your healthcare professional should talk regularly about whether you still need treatment with Vivelle-Dot.
Click here for the Full Prescribing Information for Vivelle-Dot.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
The information contained within this Web site is appropriate for U.S. residents only. A visit to this site should not replace a visit to your doctor.
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