Progesterone use

[mindersue]

I take Megace (a synthetic progestin -female hormone- that acts similar to the natural hormone progesterone) and I don't get hot flashes. I went off of it for a few weeks and the hot flashes came back. Needless to say, I'm back on it!

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

AS THE QUEEN OF HOT FLASHES (24 YRS WORTH) I MUST PUT MY 2 CENTS IN HERE.

I HAVE READ DR. JOHN LEE'S BK ON THIS SUBJECT, AS WELL AS DR. GRAEME WILLIAMS. WHAT I LEARNED IS -- DON'T TAKE SYNTHETIC ANYTHING. *NATURAL* PROGESTERONE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT INCLUDE -- WILD YAMS! MY ENDROCRINOLOGIST AGREES AND SAYS THAT THE REASON IS THAT OUR BODIES CANNOT NATURALLY DISGEST THE ENZYMES IN THIS.

I HAVE BEEN USING PROGESTERONE CREAM, ALL NATURAL, NOT SYNTHETIC, SINCE LAST JANUARY, WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS. ON INNER ARMS (IN TINY DOSAGES) FOR 27 DAYS. OFF FOR 3 DAYS. THE THEORY BEING THAT THE FLASHING COMES FROM UNOPPOSED ESTROGEN. WE ARE NOT PRODUCING THE PROGESTERONE WE ONCE DID.

I AM POST MENOPAUSAL. I AM ER/PR-. I TAKE EVENING PRIMROSE OIL ADJUNCTIVELY (RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY MY ONCOLOGIST/NUTRITIONIST) -- FOR ME. I TAKE 1,000 MG EA A.M. AND I -- SOMETIMES -- HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER 500 MG. I LIVE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON NOW. NO MORE SUFFERING, DRIPPING WET, RED-FACED AND FEELING LIKE I AM TRAPPED IN MY BODY. THOUGH I'M STILL HOT AND A BIT CLAMMY, I MUST ADMIT. I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.
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