The patient journey with vaginal atrophy

Patients need your help to start the conversation

Women will need to understand their condition, but may prefer the discussion to be started by their healthcare professional.1

Enabling early treatment can benefit patients

Early diagnosis and treatment of vaginal atrophy can allow you to interrupt the progressive changes that impact women’s quality of life.2-4

Patients need your help to start the conversation

Women will need to understand their condition, but may prefer the discussion to be started by their healthcare professional.1

You might need to start the conversation

Early diagnosis and treatment of vaginal atrophy can allow you to interrupt the progressive changes that impact women’s quality of life.2-4

My Blissel® Time to talk
Video Library

A library of discussions led by national experts Dr Anne Connolly, Dr Diana Mansour and Nurse Specialist Consultant Nikki Noble.
The videos cover a range of very useful, relevant and important topics including, the signs and symptoms of VA, how to make the diagnosis and the impact of vaginal atrophy on a patients quality of life.

The diagnosis of vaginal atrophy is not always straightforward

For women, the diagnosis can be complicated by the multiple symptoms of vaginal atrophy, including:5

  • Pain during sex or on passing urine
  • Vaginal dryness
  • Itching
  • Burning

Click here play the resources for an early diagnosis video

For women, the diagnosis can be complicated by the multiple symptoms of vaginal atrophy, including:5

  • Pain during sex or on passing urine
  • Vaginal dryness
  • Itching
  • Burning

Prescribe Blissel® by brand for your patients.

Blissel® is the first and only prescribable estriol containing gel for the treatment of vaginal atrophy6,7

Patients have difficulty discussing their condition

For reasons that are understandable, women may hesitate when discussing vaginal symptoms.8

Whilst there can be many motivations, they can commonly include embarrassment, feeling the discussion is inappropriate, or that nothing can be done.8

Blissel®treats the bothersome symptoms of vaginal atrophy

Blissel® is an ultra low dose estriol vaginal gel containing 50 micrograms per dose (1 gram) of estriol, indicated for treating the symptoms of vaginal atrophy due to oestrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women.6,7


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How Blissel
Works

Efficacy

Dosing

Ultra low dose estriol vaginal gel6,7

Prescribing and Adverse event reporting information for Blissel can be found here.

 Adverse events should be reported. Reporting forms and information can be found at yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. Adverse events should also be reported to Consilient Health (UK) Ltd, No. 1 Church Road, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey TW9 2QE UK or drugsafety@consilienthealth.com 

  1. Krychman M, et al. J Sex Med 2017;14:425-433.
  2. Moral E, et al. Menopause. 2018;25(12):1418-23.
  3. Cagnacci A, et al. Climacteric. 2019;22(1):85-89.
  4. NAMS position statement. Menopause. 2020;27(9):976-92.
  5. Palmaa F, et al. Maturitas. 2018;108:18–23.
  6. Blissel 50 micrograms/g vaginal gel. Summary of product characteristics.
  7. Cano A, et al. Menopause. 2012;19(10):1130-9.
  8. Kagan R, et al. Drugs Aging. 2019;36:897–908.

Date of preparation: Aug 2024 | UK-BLS-531