Vaginal Estrogens, The Black Box Warning and You

I was in Rite Aid the other day searching for band aids. The first aid care section is right next to the pharmacy window (nothing awkward there) where a woman was telling the pharmacy tech how excited she was for her new estrogen for “down there.” Since it was a new prescription, she had to talk to the pharmacist who handed her what looked like a huge print out of information and said, “Before I explain how to use this, please know there is a black box warning on it for cancer.” I walked away. I had found my band aids and knew what would come next…