Botox injections for painful intercourse from vaginismus
Treatments studied
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests whether Botox injections can help women with primary vaginismus reduce the muscle spasms that make sex painful or impossible. It also includes supportive management to help you feel more comfortable with intimacy.
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Who can take part
- You are a woman between 18 and 40 years old.
- You have primary vaginismus, meaning you have always had involuntary tightening of the pelvic floor muscles that makes intercourse or exams difficult or impossible.
- Your husband does not have erectile dysfunction (trouble getting or keeping an erection).
- You have not been treated with botox or physical therapy for vaginismus in the past.
- You have no nerve or muscle diseases, vulvar skin conditions, or bleeding disorders that require blood thinners, and no allergies to botox or its ingredients.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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