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Dr. Joel T. Hargrove of Vanderbilt University Medical Center has
achieved some success in treating PMS with oral doses of Natural Progesterone.
The problem with oral progesterone administration, however, is that the liver
intercepts approximately 90% of the hormone. So, in order to achieve a net dose
of 20 mg., the typical dose prescribed is 200 mg. The liver thus converts progesterone
to progesterone metabolites, which work against natural hormone function and create
a myriad of other health problems, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME).
The safer and more natural method of raising progesterone levels is by the use of properly
formulated topical cream which has been proven free from side-effects.
This has been well documented by the high rate of success reported by John R. Lee, M.D.,
who prescribed progesterone creams in his practice for 19 years and the feedback
received by the Health & Science Research Institute from tens of thousands of women
around the world since early 1995.
Finally, oral progesterone will produce a sharp rise in serum progesterone levels
followed by a rapid drop within about an hour. Progesterone administered via a properly
formulated progesterone cream will raise systemic progesterone levels for eleven or twelve
hours and then gradually taper off.
This method of administration offers informed women safe and stable progesterone levels which have been shown to play a critical role in the prevention of:
Female specific cancers
The 150+ symptoms of PMS
Difficult Menopause
The inability to conceive & deliver a healthy baby
Osteoporosis. (Bone loss in women who live in industrialized countries begins, on average, at age 35).
Dr. Lee has observed the consistent benefits and safety of Natural Progesterone
cream therapy. He makes this statement:
"Though not completely understood, PMS most commonly
represents an individual reaction to estrogen dominance, secondary to relative
progesterone deficiency. Appropriate treatment requires correction of this hormone
imbalance in conjunction with known dietary lifestyle modifications and the most
effective technique, at present, for achieving this is supplemental Transdermal
Natural Progesterone."
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