More than 15 years after Viagra hit the market and former Sen. Bob Dole brought the term "erectile dysfunction" into American living rooms, hot flashes and vaginal dryness - along with the other symptoms of menopause - are starting to get their due. "If sex is very painful due to menopause, why not do something about it?" asks a semi-clad woman of a "certain age" in an ad for Osphena. In the commercial, the drug is billed as "the only non-estrogen oral pill" to treat "certain changes" in the vagina and relieve painful intercourse. Osphena is one of three medications the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved last year to treat various menopausal symptoms, marking a surge in options for...
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