Sentences with phrase «oral progesterone»

Oral progesterone favored by most physicians may start at 100 to 200 mg per day but can be increased significantly over time.

It's also important to note that the researchers» «low dose» would be an ultra mega-dose when compared to using physiologic doses (e.g. 20 mg) of progesterone cream for hormone balance, or even using 100 mg of oral progesterone to help with insomnia.

Given the first - pass liver loss with oral progesterone preparations and the inconvenience of injections and suppositories, a different route of administration of the natural progesterone is highly desirable.

A 10 - year French study of HRT using a low - dose estradiol patch plus oral progesterone shows no increased risk of breast cancer, strokes or heart attacks.

In Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick, M.D.'s August 1999 Mayo Clinic study of 176 women taking natural oral progesterone after they had taken synthetic progestins, 34 % felt more satisfied with the natural progesterone compared to the prior progestins.

Q: My doctor says that because blood tests don t show a rise in progesterone when progesterone cream is used, that it doesn t work, and I should use oral progesterone.

It should be noted that 300 mg of oral progesterone is a very high dose, and doctors in the U.S. who use bioidentical hormones tend to use the standard 200 mg dose of Prometrium.

I believe in the lowest possible doses of FDA - approved and regulated transdermal estrogen balanced with oral progesterone, if you have a uterus.

When I counsel a woman about taking hormone therapy, I recommend bioidentical estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat: I assume that the risks of bioidentical hormone therapy are the same as synthetic until proven otherwise.

When I counsel a woman about taking hormone therapy, I recommend bioidentical estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat:

A: Even though that is a relatively low dose of estrogen, the oral progesterone (capsules) may not be delivering enough progesterone to your cells to oppose the effects of the estrogen (Vivelle).

Remember, your liver is dumping up to 90 % of the oral progesterone before it even gets into your cells, so you may only be getting 10 mg, which may not enough to oppose that amount of estrogen.

Once you've had your final period and a year has passed (the official definition of menopause), topical or oral progesterone is the best choice.

The most common kind of hormone replacement therapy used by French women is a combination of estradiol patch or gel, and oral progesterone — both bioidentical hormones.

A: Dr. Lee recommends the transdermal cream rather than oral progesterone, because some 80 % to 90 % of the oral dose is lost through the liver.