Estrogen Domonance
PROGESTERONE MENUBAR
How to supplement progesterone
Estrogen dominance - How to Supplement
PROGESTERONE
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FIRST*** - Please read:
Estrogen dominance treatment 1-2-3
How much
PROGESTERONE to use, when to
use it, and for how long?
How long to supplement?
A minimum 2-3 months supplementation -
needed to raise and maintain your
PROGESTERONE
level for maximum improvement of symptoms due to
estrogen dominance. For menopause and osteoporosis treatment, use
PROGESTERONE cream indefinitely.
How much USP Bioidentical
PROGESTERONE should you use and when?
Proper dosage and compliance are essential
The right dose is the dose that works, but . . . -
when
it comes to balancing hormones, more is not better. The amount required depends
on the specific application and should be tailored to the individual's needs and
response. To avoid hormonal imbalance one should not use higher than the
recommended dosage; A dosage chart is given as a guideline (most dosages
recommended by Dr. John R. Lee, MD for transdermal application):
PROGESTERONE Dosage Chart
FDA-approved ORAL Dose -
in Oct 1999, the FDA approved a 200 mg daily dose of Prometrium, an
oral
PROGESTERONE ,
for use in preventing uterine cancer in women taking
estrogen - i.e. this dose has been acknowledged as sufficient to oppose estrogen.
Bear in mind that a 200 mg dose of oral PROGESTERONE actually delivers about 20 mg of
PROGESTERONE (also be aware that with oral administration, 180 mg is excreted by the
liver or transformed into other substances, which can cause problems).
The cream, gel or suppositories are best used
twice a day - to better simulate the body's natural
production. With slow-release bio-adhesive gel, once/day may be sufficient
(follow package instructions)
Pre-menopausal women
- Non-ovulating -
PROGESTERONE
supplementationshould re-create what your body would produce if you were ovulating
- both in the timing and amount used. The usual dose is 15-24 mg/day for 14
days before expected menses , stopping the day or so before menses.To
figure the PROGESTERONE
start date, count back 14 days from when your next period is due (i.e.
Day 1 of next cycle), then beginning on that date, supplement
PROGESTERONE for 14 days.
The abrupt lowering of the
PROGESTERONE
level is the primary trigger for starting your period , at
which time any PMS and painful periods will be dramatically reduced.
- Ovulating
- wait until the day after ovulation (i.e. the
luteal phase) to begin supplementation, which will then augment the body's own
PROGESTERONE production from the
corpus luteum .
Supplementation should continue through the last 14 days of the cycle. After
which, stopping the supplementation should initiate menses.
Using
PROGESTERONE earlier than ovulation would prevent ovulation resulting in
no corpus
luteum and therefore no
PROGESTERONE
production, which would be working against the body's own mechanisms .
To accurately determine ovulation, you
should purchase a fertility monitor.
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- Pre-menopausal women
must take at least 3-7 days off each month
(without applying any
PROGESTERONE cream/gel/suppository) - since
the body's natural production of
PROGESTERONE
is cyclical, supplementation should ideally mimic the body's naturally
changing concentrations to affect a proper physiological response . i.e. the
body should recognize some times when the
PROGESTERONE level is low.
Menopausal women - may only need ~15 mg
PROGESTERONE ,
but taken for the first 25 days of the month, then take 5 or 6 days off (without
applying any PROGESTERONE
cream/gel/suppositories) - so that one's body will not develop resistance or
tolerance to the PROGESTERONE , and so become
ineffective. Restart on the first of the month.
Men - may
need 5-10 mg/day to keep in range of their normal, low, but constant amounts of
PROGESTERONE production and counter
estrogenic presence. Take 5 or 6 days off (without using any
PROGESTERONE cream/suppositories) so that
one's body will not develop resistance or tolerance to the
PROGESTERONE .