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Hi we were discussing good quality progesterone creams I was saying I have had good results with Ona's natural 10% pro cream. I forgot to share a special 10% off code. Go to

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perimeno10

Please don't be peeved if this code has expired as she said I could share this a few days ago. Good luck ladies ☺

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Thanks for your post. What website is this code valid for Ebs73 ?

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Ebs73 in reply toSerendipitious

Yes indeed! Brain fog 😩!

onasnatural.uk

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Don't worry you aren't alone. Which one would you recommend there's quite a few on that page?

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I guess it depends on what you would like to use it for. I use the 10% as I have tried weaker ones and they just didn't do the trick. I also read that the weaker ones may escalate certain symptoms. So i decidedto be brave and use 10% it has helped with heavy painfull periods and awful pms. I also used it with inositol powder to shrink a cyst on my ovary. Which a scan confirmed was clear.

In this context, I have been wondering if anyone has used both progesterone cream and natural progesterone pills such as Utrogestan (prescription drug) and is able to compare the two? I have often been wondering why estrogen is to be taken as cream or patches only (not orally), whereas progesterone can be taken either way.

One thing about Utrogestan is that you are only supposed to take it at night as it tends to make you sleepy, whereas progesterone creams can be taken any time of the day; I read that Natpro for instance (which as also been getting good reviews) is best taken in the morning and in the evening to spread out the effects of the hormone. That makes me wonder if there is a difference between progesterone in cream and in pills respectively; why would the latter make you sleepy, but not the former...?

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I have sublingual oestrogen (and all the rest) as cream didn't work, so there's no HAS about it. It's just what works or what the pharmaceutical companies provide. The NHS doesn't recognise progesterone creams (and there probably aren't any strong ones) AFAIK, which is why you get a pill on the NHS (and from private docs who don't use a compounding pharmacy). I use progesterone twice a day sub-lingually and it doesn't make me sleepy. It can make you feel more laid back apparently, which is why it can help with anxiety (or is anxiety caused by low progestereone?).

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OK, it's just that the "Hertoghe doctors" in Belgium claim you cannot take estrogen in pill form as E can build up in the liver.

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That mght be true of pills you swallow, but it is definitely available as sub-lingual (which I suppose is like a cream in your mouth eventually). I don't see why processing of progesterone pills in the liver should be any less stressful to the liver.

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That is what I have been asking myself lately as well...Dr Hertoghe says in his book "The hormone solution" that E should never be swallowed, but you should use E gel. I don't recall him mentioning E taken sublingually or vaginally (which also seems available, at least in the US), so maybe only cream and pills are available in Belgium.

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Vagifem is vaginal oestrogen and available on the NHS in some areas. For me, the problem with all these is that they are standard doses, not tailored to the individual.

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Also, I think products like Vagifem are only intended to treat problems like vaginal dryness?

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I have no knowledge of the pills sorry, the hormone specialist that originally put me on the cream never mentioned pills. The creams are called bio identical hormones. I'm assuming the pills aren't if they are on prescription? I use my cream once in the morning and once at night but have never experiencrd a sedative effect but the absorption through skin may affect this?

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Kobe-7 in reply toEbs73

Ebs73 could you pm me the name of your hormone specialist? I'd like to get my hormones sorted. Thanks.

in reply toEbs73

Yes, Utrogestan is bio-identical progesterone...the only form of hormones the Hertoghe doctors prescribe.

besins-healthcare.com/pdf/U...

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Thank you for your information.

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