Sexual Wellness

ZESTRA® MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Zestra® is proud to be working with leading sexual health experts representing a variety of specialties – gynecologists, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists – all dedicated to improving women’s sexual health and wellness. With the guidance of our Advisory Board, we are actively involved in collecting data on the clinical experience with Zestra®, tracking new developments in the field of sexual medicine and developing next-generation products.

• Randomized
• placebo-controlled
• double blind
• crossover design trial

Your Sexual Body: A Helpful Guide

Our lives are in a constant state of change. So are our bodies, and as a result our sexual satisfaction and enjoyment may vary as well. There are times when sex is better and times when it is not. Here is some important information all women should know, since all women may experience highs and lows in their sexual enjoyment. Rest assured these changes are totally natural.

Your Body in Your 20’s and 30’

During our 20’s and 30’s, the height of our reproductive potency, our bodies produce hormones that help us become aroused and to respond during sexual activity. Estrogens help keep the vaginal tissues healthy, and androgens drive desire and arousal.

Important Information for You to Know about Zestra®

• Recommended by doctors and other women’s healthcare professionals.
• Clinically evaluated for safety.
• Hormone-free and paraben-free.
• Topically-applied.
• Feel the Rush within 5 minutes, peaks at 10 minutes AND lasts up to 45 minutes.
• Comes in convenient, single-dose personal packettes or bottle.
• Has no known drug interactions.
• Note: Zestra is not a personal lubricant.

Your Body After Childbirth

During the immediate weeks after childbirth, the ovaries are less active and levels of estrogens as well as androgens are decreased. Many women experience less interest in sex and slower, less intense feelings of excitement, as well as a decrease in vaginal lubrication. Many women are just not interested at all! This can cause frustration especially if you don’t expect it. On average, sex hormones rev up again within three months, but the timing depends on a lot of factors like breast feeding, fatigue, caesarean delivery, other children at home, and social support.

Your Body and Oral Contraceptive

Isn’t it ironic that the hormones women take to prevent pregnancy can decrease the desire to have sex. While this is a transient phase in some women, for others this blunting of sexual feelings continues to be a problem. These women may need to change to a different oral contraceptive or to an entirely different method of birth control.

Your Body and Menopause

In the years leading up to menopause, hormone levels become unpredictable. Some months estrogen is higher, some months lower, and some months just right. As a woman approaches that final menstrual period, other hormones change too. Progesterone secretion drops off and then stops. Androgens also begin to decline. All these shifts during the menopausal transition can wreak havoc on many aspects of a woman’s life: sleep, mood, and sex.