progesterone cream

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Have any of you used it? You can get natural stuff.

I saw and Oprah Winfery talking about it, all scientific proper stuff, for PMT, lack of sex drive, energy etc.

Yes, I find it really good. It does the same job as artificial progesterone, but is more easily tolerated/more effective as it's identical to the body's own progesterone. It kept my endometriosis under control for several years pre-diagnosis, then I came off it and within a few years got really ill and had to have extensive surgery. I've had all the usual medical treatments for endo, including 9 months of GnRH agonists, and the progesterone cream is as good as any of them, and without all the side-affects/long term risk of osteoporosis that I had with the GnRH agonists. About 8 months ago I started to get warning signs that the endometriosis was back, so I went back on the progesterone cream and it sorted things out. I'm expecting to stay in remission for some time because of it.

You do have to be careful where you buy from, though - the one called Serenity is reputable. I get the type I use (not Serenity) from my doctor, and she gets it from a chemist in Berlin - not sure if it's available to buy online.
Some less reputable brands are not all they claim to be.

I think you can also get it in other forms, for vaginal application, but I find the cream really easy to use.

Have read a bit about it and they say it's rubbish. Bought it but never used it. The cons are that if there was enough in it to work, it would be sold as a drug.

It's made from yams etc but the stuff Ihave read says that it really is a scam. Ther eis also the placebo effect to consider with anything like this.

How old are you?
If you are peri-monopause you can do a lot more for yourself by changing your diet, exercising etc etc.

No, purplepeony, it isn't rubbish. You're talking about someting different. There are some unscrupulous firms selling yam cream and claiming that the body can convert this into progesterone. It's true that this is rubbish, and these are the firms you want to avoid. In the creams I'm talking about, the progesterone has already been converted from the raw substance, leaving nothing for the body to do. The progesterone is identical in structure to the body's own progesterone, and has the same effects. Any cream from a reputable firm, like the one I mentioned, is certified as a specific potency. So you know exactly what you're getting. Mine is prescribed by a qualified doctor, and gives me 25mg per dose. Other reputable doctors and gynaecologists have also been getting good results with this stuff. It has been studied, and any decent study automatically controls for placebo. Finally, I know my experience is anecdotal and doesn't count for much on its own, but: I was ill for at least 6 years before turning to progesterone cream and have lost count of the number of medications I was put on before I tried the progesterone cream, and nothing worked - if I'd been prone to placebo effects, something would have granted me relief before then. When I tried it first, I did it on the recommendation of a London gynaecologist, and I didn't believe it would work.

I think people get confused between different types of creams: the yam stuff is all natural, and useless as the body can't convert it.
The bio-identical progesterone is taken from natural ingredients, but the extraction method used is not natural - the body cannot replicate it - and it provides a progesterone that is identical to the body's own.
Chemically manufactured progesterones (progestins) are similar to but not identical to the body's progesterone, hence the side-effects.

I'll look for some links to back myself up...

I just picked up on Serenity. I thought that was one which was not medically proven. My gynae has written a book on the meno and he says that progesterone made from yams is not that effective- or rather the jury is still out on it.

The National OSteoporosis Society has looked at all the research and they are not recommending it for bones although some people believe it will help.

Thanks for the info, any links V would be great.

I had terrible endo, laser surgery twice, DS2 is now 3 and the heavy periods from hell are creeping back and I just can't face it all again. Had to sit in bad traffic whilst bleeing all over the car seat last week. Took me 2 hours to clean the fucker at the weekend. My life can't be like that.

My doc is no interested in it, am trying to find someone in the North West I could see.

I am 39, and I could improve my diet and exercise, so point taken. But would like to give the cream a go too.