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Nine years before Courteney Cox starred in Friends, she gained another claim to Fame - as the First Person to use The Word " period" in a US TV commercial.

Now, The Actress has offered an updated version of that 1985 tampon advert.

The new take, posted to Instagram, finds the 58-year-old paraphrasing her younger self, swapping period problems for menopausal misery.

" Did your life completely change because of menopause? " asks Cox, parodying the original commercial.

" Still getting hot flashes?

" Let me tell it to ya straight, " adds Cox, while recreating the original's locker room scene.

" Menopause will change The Way you feel about getting older. Menopause will eat you alive. It's horrible. Nothing Else can do that. "

Cox goes on to explain how the menopause brings " the added bonus of drier skin, and getting bald patches".

" Now that's something, " she declares, beaming with positivity, in the style of the original advert but with more world-weary sarcasm.

She signs off: " Remember - There is nothing good about menopause. It can actually change The Way you feel about getting older. "

The video has been liked almost A Million times, including by other TV and film stars like Juliette Lewis , Julianne Moore and Drew Barrymore .

Earlier this year, Cox spoke to about how she had slowly " learned to embrace" getting older after having unsuccessfully dabbled with facial fillers.

" There was a time when you go, 'Oh, I'm changing. I'm looking older', " she explained. " And I tried to chase that [youthfulness] for years.

" And I didn't realise that, oh, I'm actually looking really strange with injections and doing stuff To My face that I would never do now. "

Other US celebrities who have spoken about the menopause in recent times include Angelina Jolie , Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey .

In July, UK MPs Said women going through the menopause should be given greater rights and protection in the workplace.

The Women and Equalities Committee Said a lack of support in the UK was pushing women out of work.

The cross-party group wants menopause to become a protected characteristic like pregnancy, to give working women more rights.

Offering menopause leave should also be piloted at a large public-sector employer, the MPs Said .

Source of news: bbc.com