Peter Attia· MD
So there are two FDA approved rings. Now, a ring, just like a birth control ring, you set it and forget it. You put it in the vagina, the vagina does not feel it like a tampon, you don't feel it, and it just stays in for 3 months at a time and it's sitting right up against the cervix. Yeah. It's not like a diaphragm where you have to place it or or a menstrual cup or anything like that. You just kind of push it in there and it just settles in and finds a place. By the way, if you have penetrative sex, most people don't take it out. They don't feel it. Like there, nobody's bothered by this thing. So, this ring goes in there, stays in for about three months. Now, there is a fem ring, which is a high dose ring, which means if you have a uterus, you need progesterone to protect the uterus, and it comes in two doses, 0.05 and 0.1. Then there's an E-ring, which is a 2 mgram like localized estrogen ring. That is you do not need progesterone if you have a uterus because it's just treating the genital urinary syndrome of menopause. So it's not treating your hot flashes. It's not protecting your bones. It's not going to help your night sweats but it's going to prevent UTI.