Oral progesterone 10 or 25 days a month?

I'd like to hear from those of you on oral progesterone, especially bio-identical as I'm not sure progestins are taken the same way.

I have taken Utrogestan 200 mg for ten days a month (day 15-25 of cycle) for the past few years (along with Estrogel day 5-25). A few months ago, my doctor suggested I take 100 mg of Utrogestan for 25 consecutive days instead after periods started getting irregular.

However, I've read that taking bio-idential P for 25 consecutive days applies to menopausal women, that is, at least 12 consecutive months since last period which is not my case.

So, I wanted to find out if anyone else has done this and noticed a positive difference? I read it can be a better way to counterbalance estrogen.

[Angel_of_the_North]

I take the same amount of oestrogen (2mg) and progesterone (125mg) and DHEA (12.5mg) every day as a sublingual lozenge. There are two schools of thought - one says that you should try to emulate a menstrual cycle and the other doesn't - I doubt they will ever agree.

[Hidden in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

OK, thanks! I think that once your periods end up erratic, emulating a menstrual cycle no longer makes sense...!

[Coconutty]

I don’t know too much about this, still learning, but I was initially started on Utrogestan for the 10 days before my cycle started, but since I was still getting menstral migraine my doctor has upped it to 15 days so 10 days before and 5 after. Haven’t done it yet so don’t know what effect it’ll have.

[Hidden in reply to Coconutty]

OK, so more to see if it helps with migraine than to regulate the cycle as such, if I understood you correctly...?

[Coconutty in reply to Hidden]

Yes I think so

[magsyh]

I use the same amount of progesterone every day but I only use 20 mg as utrogestan was too much for me I ended up overdosed. I am 61 and not fully menopausal that's why my doc recommend that I use it every day to protect my womb lining. Maybe your doc is looking at it from that angle too as everyday you don't have progesterone is a day your womb is not protected. The half life of progesterone is only 15 hours and only 5mins in your blood stream.

[Hidden in reply to magsyh]

Did you use 200 mg of Utrogestan every day? I was told when used daily I should reduce it to 100 mg.

[magsyh in reply to Hidden]

I only used 50mg utrogestan. I opened the pill and put half on my skin as I wasn't going to swallow it yuk! If you swallow a 100mg utrogestan only 20mg is usable as your liver gets rid of the other 80% so yes 100mg utrogestan is enough for everyday use. I went back to supplement spot cream on my skin. I can control the dose better. I get hormone tests and scans to monitor what is going on and how well it's working.

[sowjanyadental]

Exactly I too dont know how much dose....Here i want to know best experience and i will share this information with my friends

[dbrowning02]

I take bio identical 200mg every day, I did go 13mos without a period and then started spotting (still trying to figure that out) I also have read a lot of conflicting articles on this and not sure what to think.