Ovestin cream contains oestriol 0.1%, an oestrogen hormone used to treat the symptoms of vaginal dryness, itch, irritation, and inflammation seen in menopausal atrophic vaginitis.
Ovestin cream acts as hormone replacement therapy to help restore vaginal tissue affected by atrophic vaginitis, improving the health of the vagina, and providing improved resistance against infection.
Ovestin cream is usually applied by insertion into the vagina using the provided applicator, typically once a day at bedtime for the first week then once or twice a week or as instructed.
Ovestin cream is intended for short term use, until the symptoms of atrophic vaginitis have abated.