Hello and welcome to our article on how to insert a vaginal suppository.

You're reading this article, therefore that means two things:

1. You're not feeling great right now.

2. You've spent a lot of money (and time) on suppositories to help you feel better.

First, I want to empathize and assure you: Suppositories look and feel aggressive and intimidating. I will admit I felt fear too. It feels invasive. We also don't want to waste these valuable things either.

Here's my promise: in this article I will guide you with empathy and solid advice that comes from over a decade of experience. As a healthcare professional and as a human, I am here for you.

Let's begin.

What is a suppository?

Medicine needs to go into your body in order to help you feel better.

Medicine can go in from the mouth, from the skin, injected into the bloodstream, or inhaled into the nose or lungs. Another way is to be inserted into the vagina or anus.

Suppositories are any kind of medicine or remedy that is inserted vaginally or anally, where it dissolves.

There's many different ways to say the same thing: "suppository", "insert", "pessary", "ovule", "vaginal tablet", "vaginal capsule". What's the difference?

Suppositories, inserts, and pessaries are usually shaped like bullets. Ovules are usually much shorter and smaller. Vaginal tablets and capsules look exactly like normal pills.

Vaginal suppositories can have many uses:

• improving fertility

• contraception / birth control

• hormone replacement therapy such as estrogen or DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone)

• treating yeast infections or other fungal infections

• treating bacterial vaginosis either with natural pH-balancing nutrients or even toxic poisons like boric acid

• improving vaginal dryness or atrophy

• improving sexual dysfunctions

• helping bladder prolapse

• treating bacterial imbalances such as aerobic vaginitis or cytolytic vaginosis

• and much more!

 

How to insert a suppository

 

You can either use your fingers or use an applicator to insert a suppository.

The benefit of using your fingers is that you will have better control over it. However, because your fingers are warm, it may cause the suppository to start to melt in your hands.

The benefit of using an applicator is that you will be able to insert it deeper.

Using your fingers

 

1. Refrigerate the suppository (optional). This prevents it from melting in your hands (and especially in warm weather). A cold suppository is much easier to handle.
2. Empty your bowels and bladder. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. (OPTIONAL) If you're inserting a tablet or capsule, use a little lube on the vaginal opening. 
3. Peel open the suppository packaging. Put the flat side on the pad of your index or middle finger. 
4. Lie on your back, raise your knees, and gently insert the suppository using your finger. Aim it towards your lower back. Push it in as far as it will comfortably go. 
5. Stay in this position for about 15 minutes or until the suppository melts. 
6. If it's night time, go to sleep. If you will be upright or walking around, expect some leakage/discharge. You can wear a pantiliner or maxipad to absorb the discharge.

 

Using an applicator

 

Note: If you are over 70 years old, or experience severe vaginal dryness, use a finger instead, as the applicator can scratch your vaginal walls.

 

1. Refrigerate the suppository (optional). This prevents it from melting in your hands (and especially in warm weather). A cold suppository is much easier to handle.
2. Empty your bowels and bladder. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water
3. Peel open the suppository packaging. Drip a few drops of cold water to the tip of the suppository to moisten the tip.
4. Place the flat end of the suppository into the applicator
5. Use some vaginal moisturizer, lube, or coconut oil on both your vaginal opening and the applicator.
6. Lie on your back, raise your knees, and gently insert the applicator into the vagina as deep as it will comfortably go.
7. Press the plunger gently to release the suppository.
8. Stay in this position for about 15 minutes or until the suppository melts.
9. If it's night time, go to sleep. If you will be upright or walking around, expect some leakage/discharge. You can wear a pantiliner or maxipad to absorb the discharge.
10. Rinse the applicator afterwards.

 

What to expect during vaginal suppository treatments

What goes up must come down. Over the next day, it's normal and expected to see an increase in discharge. Please don't be alarmed! It's suggested to use pads or pantiliners to absorb the discharge.

Sometimes the discharge may burn a little bit on the way down. This is also normal.

Once the suppository is in there, it will take time to get to work.

If it appears the entire suppository is leaking out whole or if you feel burning, then it may mean you need to decrease the dosage in order for it to be absorbed or work. You can do this by cutting the suppository in half and using it twice as often.

If you're getting tons of itching or what appears to be an allergic reaction, please stop using the suppositories. If the itching / allergic reactions stop, that means you're possibly allergic to the suppository.

General tips for using vaginal suppositories

• If you are experiencing a tight clenching/spasming reaction that is preventing insertion (and you have never been able to use tampons), then you may have vaginismus. We have invented a natural remedy for it called NeuEve. NeuEve can help by nourishing your tissues.

 

• If the suppository is melting in your hands or just too soft, refrigerate it first.

 

• Trim, clean and file your fingernails. This will make insertion of your fingers easier and safer.

 

• Don't use tampons, as tampons will absorb the suppository.

 

• A few drops of lube or coconut oil helps insertion a lot.

 

FAQ

How to insert boric acid suppositories without an applicator?

 If you're inserting a tablet or capsule of boric acid, then it's going to be difficult without an applicator because the end is round not pointed. We would recommend you freeze the boric acid suppository to make it strong. Then use lube or coconut oil on your vaginal opening and the suppository.

We would also implore you to reconsider using boric acid. Boric acid is actually a toxic poison that is commonly used to kill roaches. Anyone who accidentally ingests boric acid (such as through oral sex) needs to seek poison control and immediate medical attention.

The way boric acid works is by killing everything, including both good and bad bacteria. Boric acid is like a forest fire, it burns both weeds and good trees. What grows after a forest fire? Sometimes it's good trees but usually it's weeds. Therefore boric acid traps people into an endless cycle, you feel good for a few days, then afterwards it's the same (or worse).

What happens if you don’t put boric acid up far enough?

If you don't put the boric acid up far enough, it will leak out fast, and won't be able to kill the bad bacteria in the deep part of the vaginal canal.

Make sure to avoid receiving any oral sex during boric acid treatment as your partner could become lethally poisoned.

How far up should a boric acid suppository go?

Any suppository should go up about one inch, past the initial opening to the vaginal canal.

 

How long does it take for a suppository to absorb and dissolve?

It usually takes about 15 minutes to melt, and up to several hours or overnight to fully absorb.

 

Do suppository ingredients stay in the vagina or do they go into the bloodstream?

There are many claims that hormones (like estrogen or DHEA) or toxins (like boric acid) taken by vaginal suppositories stay only in the vagina and never enter the bloodstream.

Those claims are completely false.

The ingredients of a suppository get absorbed directly into the bloodstream. The vaginal canal has a huge amount of small blood vessels, and these blood vessels are connected with the rest of the body. The huge absorption power of the vagina that goes straight into the bloodstream is why CBD and marijuana companies sell vaginal suppositories, to help the user get a powerful "high."

If you do not want estrogen or DHEA hormones in your bloodstream system (i.e. if you are a breast cancer patient or have a family history of that), then please DO NOT use vaginal estrogen suppositories.

 

Which Suppositories Work the Best?

NeuEve's suppositories, which were invented by an OBGYN, are the first and only suppositories that use natural, food-grade nutrients that actually nourish the vaginal tissues, supporting collagen and elasticity to fix many issues.