How Much Natural Progesterone to Use

A 50ml bottle contains 2000 mg of progesterone. For the first three months use a full bottle per month, thereafter the amount may be reduced subject to the reappearance of symptoms. The best way to apply the cream is intra-vaginally for women at night and on thin-skinned areas of the skin during the day. The cream can be used at any time of the day and, if preferred, on more than one occasion. It is effective in reducing pain when applied to painful areas (eg arthritis) or for period pains etc.

Women

1. Menstruating – use 2 x 2ml (1ml morning and 1ml evening) per day from day 12 to 28 of the cycle. If bleeding starts before day 28 stop the progesterone and start counting up to day 12 again and start the progesterone again on day 12. It may take three cycles to regulate the cycle.

2. Peri-menopausal. This is a period of a woman’s life that she is in desperate need of progesterone therapy because the levels of oestrogen are still high, but due to anovulatory cycles, (cessation of ovulation) the progesterone levels are right down. She is in a severe state of unopposed oestrogen. The dose used should vary between 2ml and 4 ml per day, half the dose in the morning and half at night. If you are still following a cycle then apply from day 12 – 28, but if symptoms become too severe, apply continuously, until you are through menopause.

3. Menopause – use 1ml twice per day (morning and evening) every day of the month. The cream should be discontinued for 4 to 5 days each month between jars.

4. Post Menopause – use less and less until you are taking ½ ml twice daily and leave off 4 – 5 days between jars.

5. Osteoporosis – use 1ml twice daily (morning and evening).

6. Pre-pubertal and pubertal. Again this is a period of a woman’s life when she is in a state of unopposed oestrogen thus many oestrogen dominant symptoms appear , use 1ml twice daily (morning and evening). Once menstruation starts, then apply as in 1.

7. Menopausal women taking a cyclic oestrogen supplement – should reduce their oestrogen dose by one-half when starting the progesterone and slowly reduce it further over the next 3 to 6 month.   Do not come off your ERT too quickly or there will be withdrawal symptoms.

8. Menopausal women taking an oestrogen and progestin combination – should stop the progestin part immediately if possible when progesterone cream is started and slowly come off the HRT over 3 – 6 months. Do not come off your HRT too quickly or there will be withdrawal symptoms.

9. Women on any contraceptive pills…. Those containing oestrogens with progestins combined in one pill and are not recommended as again it is important to go off the progestin when you start using the progesterone cream. The reason for this is that you will not get full benefit from the natural progesterone whilst on the drug progestin as it occupies the same receptor sites on the cell wall.

Men
Use from 1/3 ml per day depending upon symptoms. Excellent for prostate problems, arthritis, stress and bad temper !
The speed with which the cream relieves symptoms varies. Some women find relief within five days, in others it can take three months, while the reversal of osteoporosis can take six months or more. Many menstruating women find that they can discontinue using the cream after a few months as their symptoms have cleared up, though continuation with small doses is recommended because of its anticancer properties and prevention of osteoporosis.

How to Apply Natural Progesterone

Insert the cream via an applicator into the Vagina at night .  In the morning rub the required amount of cream thoroughly into the thin-skinned areas of the skin. This will provide a steady flow of progesterone into your system emulating the output from the adrenals.

If you have been on HRT (hormone replacement therapy) or have a naturally high level of oestrogen, progesterone will make you more sensitive to the oestrogen in your body. We call this oestrogen release.  If the symptoms of oestrogen dominance get worse for a while, it is advisable to increase the daily application of Natural Progesterone until these symptoms have gone.

The main symptoms of this Oestrogen release are:

• breast tenderness
• bloating/weight gain from water retention
• spotting or a temporary
• reappearance of your periods
• hypoglycemia
• bruising
• depression
• chronic fatigue
• hot flushes

Any women coming off their HRT should take Natural Progesterone and then progressively decrease their dosage of HRT over a 3 to 6 month period, to avoid withdrawal symptoms. An abrupt reduction in oestrogen can trigger resumption of hot flushes or vaginal dryness.  These symptoms can be prevented by the gradual lowering of the dose.  It is recommended that you initially lower the dose by one-half and then every month thereafter continue lowering the dose by another half again until you wean yourself right off.

As the hormonal balance is restored once progesterone therapy has been started,  many drugs may be discontinued, such as the anti-depressants, thyroid drugs, pain killers, anti-allergy drugs to name a few. Always taper off your drugs slowly and with the advice of your health specialist.
 Any additional stress, good or bad, can cause your symptoms to recur. If this should happen then increase the daily application until they go.