Frequently Asked Questions about Progeserone Cream

Progesterone Cream Frequently Asked Questions

by Eckhart, MD

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Why not make a Progesterone Cream instead of a Progesterone Oil?

When I started treating patients in 1999, I used a progesterone cream. But many of my patients became worse. Why? Over the course of a year, I found that there were progesterone creams that used herbs that actually were estrogenic like rosemary and sage. Manufacturers put these herbs in the progesterone cream to alleviate hot flashes. But these estrogenic herbs actually made my patients much worse. Endometriosis patients complained of increased pain. Fibroids actually increased in size. Much to my dismay, when I talked to the manufacturers of progesterone cream they did not seem to care.

Later, I found that the preservatives phenoxyethanol and parabens were also estrogenic, and these also seemed to make my patients worse as well.

Progesterone Cream is actually just water and oil mixed together with an emulsifier to keep them mixed. Then a thickener is added. Since water is added a preservative is needed.

Our Progestelle may be less convenient. However, it is better for the patient.

Why do you have an avoidance list?

When I first started using Progesterone Cream, I used it on my mother for a large fibroid the size of a softball. The fibroid actually increased in size in a month. This was because the progesterone cream that I used contained sage and rosemary. Rosemary is extremely estrogenic. Then I learned that whatever contacts the skin is ten times the potency of whatever is put in the mouth.

This is because when anything is taken orally, in general, it is 90% prefiltered by the liver. However, if progesterone cream is put on the skin it is directly absorbed into the body. So a 20 mg topical progesterone cream dose is equivalent to a 200 mg progesterone pill dose.

So the question is "What else on the skin is estrogenic?"

If you check the progesterone cream forums, you will find that about 60% of women think that progesterone is great! However, about 40% of the women will think that progesterone is terrible! These 40% will complain that progesterone increased breast tenderness and bloating.

This is because these 40% women did not cut out xenoestrogens and phytoestrogens out of their environment.

Detergents, shampoos, soaps, lotions, and cosmetics routinely contain chemicals or herbs that pretend to be estrogen.

These estrogenic chemicals and herbs taken on a regular basis is what is causing your disease. Not only that but your body tries to become used to it by becoming LESS SENSITIVE TO ESTROGEN. The medical term for this is down regulation.

Now, when progesterone is taken and the chemicals are stil there, your sensitivity to estrogen goes back up to normal. The body thinks it is getting more estrogen even though it is not. Thus, you get increased bloating and breast tenderness.

The solution is to cut out xenoestrogens (chemical estrogens) and phytoestrogens (plant estrogens) out of your environment. Then the success rate jumps up to above 90%.

In fact, if you are really good about your avoidance list and have a mild disease, you may not even need our product afer a couple of months. No competitor of mine will tell you that.

My personal preference is that you do not even use a drug. Just be healthy!

What pharmaceutical company will tell you that?

How do I apply Natural Progesterone Cream ?

Apply it on the skin and rotate areas putting it on a different area every day. One day, apply it on the right leg. One day, topically spread it on the left leg. The next day, put it on the chest. The next day, put it on the back. If you keep putting it on the right leg repeatedly for many days, then the subcutaneous fat saturates on the arm Progesterone and you will not be able to absorb any more. The topical dose for progesterone cream is 20-60 mg/day or 1-3 dropperfuls per day.

Progestelle product formulation is so safe that you can take it by mouth. However, in this oral method of taking it, the Progesterone dose is 200 mg/day.

Some menstrual migraine patients find that they can take Progestelle under the tongue for instant relief leading right up to the migraine. Menstrual migraine patients can increase the dose gradually leading up to the migraine. Under the tongue, the dose may be anywhere from 20-200 mg/day.

If Progesterone Cream is so good, how come my doctor doesn't know about it?

This is the most common favorite question I get. The answer in a nutshell is MONEY. The drug representitive that pushes drugs on doctors gets paid $60,000 - $100,000 per year. It costs $100 million to test a drug. This means that the drug company must have a monopoly to charge high prices. This means they must patent the drug. This means the pharmaceutical company must modify the natural hormone to patent it.

John Lee, MD answers this question.

"Patients are aware that they cannot leave their health care solely in the hands of the doctor. They must assume responsibility for their own health...." Dr. John R. Lee, California, USA. This is the question most frequently asked of Dr. Lee during his more than 30 years of active clinical practice.

To quote from Dr. Lee: "The medical-industrial complex refers to the close knit association of organized medicine with the pharmaceutical manufacturers and governmental medical regulatory agencies....The system taken together is neither necessarily corrupt nor evil, but, like any human agency, is subject to the frailties and faults of humankind. Medical research is dependent on the $billions of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the private pharmaceutical industry. The two are closely interlocked...

Any given pharmaceutical company, like any private enterprise, must make a profit to stay alive. Profit comes from the sales of patent medicines. The system is not interested in natural (non-patentable) medicines, regardless of their potential health benefits. Thus the flow of research funding does not extend to products which cannot be patented.

Few people know that the definition of malpractice hinges on whether or not the practice is common among one's medical peers and has little (usually nothing) to do with whether the practice is beneficial or not. A doctor willing to study, to learn the ins and outs of an alternative medical therapy, and to put what he has learned into practice in helping patients is potentially exposing himself to serious charges of malpractice.....

But what does all of this have to do with Natural Progesterone? The answer is quite simple, really. Ample medical research regarding progesterone was carried on in the 1940's through the 1960's, and amply reported in mainline, recognized medical literature. Since the early 1970's, however, medical research has become much more expensive and the grants subsidizing progesterone research, (or any unpatentable medicine or treatment technique), have dried up and been blown away by the contemporary trade winds of synthetic drugs, particularly the progestins. The potential market for patentable progestins is vast -- contraceptive pills, irregular menses, osteoporosis, .... -- literally every woman through the age of puberty on is a target for a sale. Do you think the prevailing powers wish to see this lucrative market left to an over-the-counter natural product not in the hands of physician prescribers and not controlled by the pharmaceutical industry?

Thus, when he or she (the physician) hears of the use of Natural Progesterone, they wonder why none of their associates know about it. If it is not commonly known, 'it must in some way be false and/or unapproved.' Having given lectures on the role and medical uses of Natural Progesterone, I have observed numerous instances wherein perfectly fine physicians will enquire about obtaining the product for use by their wives or mother-in-law but not for their patients. What can account for such behaviour by professionals? I suspect that it is fear of alienation from the flock that is paramount in their minds...."

Is topical Natural Progesterone safe?

Patients typically topically supplement at 20-60 mg/day of Natural Progesterone. During pregnancy, a woman during one day of 3rd trimester pregnancy, produces 400 mg/day of Natural Progesterone.

Natural Progesterone is the SAME bioidentical hormone that your body produces.

What do we know about pregnant women? Women that are pregnant multiple times have a smaller chance of endometrial cancer and breast cancer.

In contrast, synthetic prescription progestins cause cancer according to a recent copy of the Physicians Desk Reference. Synthetic prescription progestins cause birth defects. Pharmaceutical companies will try to convince you that Natural Progesterone and Synthetic prescription progestins are the same. But one (Natural Progesterone) is used by fertility Medical Doctors to prevent miscarriage, and one (progestins) causes birth defects. Which one would you use? Synthetic prescription progestins are chemically modified to be different than your own hormones to be patented and be extremely profitable.

Why is the TOPICAL dose for Natural Progesterone 20 mg/day and the equivalent ORAL dose for Natural Progesterone 200 mg/day?

Yes, this is true. The TOPICAL Progesterone Cream dose is 10 times in potency than that of the ORAL Natural Progesterone dose. This is because the ORAL Natural Progesterone dose is prefiltered by the liver and 90% inactivated.

Do I need a prescription for topical Natural Progesterone?

Topical Natural Progesterone is Over the Counter. No prescription from your doctor is needed.

Why is my hair thinning and I feel cold? Why can't I get rid of fat?

Estrogen dominance caused from chemical estrogens (xenoestrogens) decreases your sensitivity to thyroid hormone. A lab test will show your thyroid hormone levels to be NORMAL or LOW NORMAL. It is your sensitivity to thyroid hormone that is decreased.

Too much estrogen says build up fat for the pregnancy. Estrogen does this by lowering your sensitivity to thyroid hormone.

Secondly, most of the time (but not all), after the age of 35, you body is undergoing anovulatory menstrual cycles. An anovulatory cycle is when you have a menstrual cycle but do not ovluate. Normally, before the age of 35, the follicle comes up like a giant pimple and pops out an egg. The used follicle becomes the corpus luteum and begins to produce progesterone. After the age of 35, the follicle come up and does NOT pop out an egg. No corpus luteum is produced, and no progesterone is produced.

Thus, after the age of 35, your body produces estradiol, but no progesterone. And you are estrogen dominant. The xenoestrogens in synergy with after the age of 35 depresses thyroid receptor sensitivity.

Do I need a hormone test before starting Natural Progesterone? OR ... How come my hormone test is normal? OR ... I want to show you my hormone test.

Clinically and generally, I have not found the saliva test to be helpful. This is because the saliva test measures estradiol and progesterone.

Estrogen dominant diseases such as endometriosis are caused by xenoestrogens (chemical estrogens) and phytoestrogens (plant estrogens) in synergy with estradiol. But it is the xenoestrogens and phytoestrogens that are the culprit, and you are NOT measuring xenos or phytos with the saliva test.

For instance, in many cases, laundry detergent is estrogenic. Male trout growing up in an aquarium spiked with laundry detergent grow up looking like female trout.

However, the hormone saliva test measures estradiol and progesterone, NOT laundry detergent NOT lavender.

So the simple question, "Do you have breast tenderness and/or bloating just before your period?" is a better test for estrogen dominance than the saliva test because it covers both your hormones - estrogen and progesterone AND xenoestrogens AND phytoestrogens.

Does diet make a difference for my disease?

In general, with the exception of coffee, plastic in the microwave, and chocolate, I have not found diet to be that important. It is much more important what you put on the skin. This is because the liver inactivates 90% of the food put in the mouth. However, when you put health care products on the skin, you get 100%. Other physicians such as Jesse Hanley, MD believe dairy is very bad.

For instance, a 20 mg/day dose of topical Natural Progesterone is equivalent to 200 mg/day of oral Natural Progesterone. This is because the liver inactivates 90% of the oral progesterone. Anything put on the skin bypasses the liver and goes directly into the body.

So, anything you put on the skin is 10 times the potency of the oral dose.

Laundry detergent, skin lotion, shampoo, soap, cosmetics, and anything that goes on the skin is very critical. In general, if you are willing to change what goes on the skin, then you will get well.

How many bottles do I need?

For the mild stuff, 1/2 bottle per month may work for you. For the major stuff, 2 bottles per month may work for you.

Do I have to take Natural Progesterone for the rest of my life?

Some women choose to take it for the rest of their lives. They like it. There is no danger. Women are pregnant with continuously high levels of progesterone for 9 straight months. However, with mild stuff, some women may only need 2-3 months of Natural Progesterone IF they are really good with their avoidance list. For major stuff, 6-9 months of Natural Progesterone may be needed. Some women like to "cheat" on their avoidance list and find that taking regular Natural Progesterone is easier.

Is Progesterone Cream made from yams?

Yes, the Natural Progesterone that we use in our product is USP pharamaceutical grade Natural Progesterone. The raw material that is used to make Natural Progesterone is from yams. The Natural Progesterone is bioidentical to what your body makes. It is the exact same molecule. All Natural Progesterone is now either made from yams or soy as the starting material. A large pharmaceutical factory converts the diosgenin in the yams to Natural Progesterone. Thirty years ago, they used to extract progesterone from placentas and the price used to be thousands of dollars per gram.

Zava, PhD, the guru of phytoestrogens, has stated that the human body does not have the enzymes to convert yam extract to estradiol or progesterone. Patients that take yam extract report an increase in energy, but there is NO conversion in the human body of yam extract to estradiol or progesterone.

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