ENDO Messages for January, 2003: Re: any ideas

Re: any ideas

From: Victoria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jan 29 16:32:01 2003

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Before you consider trying the progesterone creams, I made an investigation into them into a webpage: (http://nichollsvi.tripod.com/p_cream.html). The issues I mainly deal with are:

1) the FDA (regulatory body in America) and its legal stance on the products potentially being in violation of current laws. 2) the lack of facts or science (validity) behind the product/theories taken from doctor comments, Medline, and other reliable medical science sites. There is no evidence to support that it is anything other than a placebo. 3) Other information, including a heavily promoted website (may/may not be stated with the product) where you become an 'associate', earning $ on books to 'get the most' out of progesterone creams (Letter I, #2).

Always do thorough medical based research on anything (especially herbal products/supplements) you want to take that is given a reputation to alleviate, cure, treat or deal with a specific problem or problems. It may be in violation of the law, or there might be no evidence to support its doing any of the above.

www.quackwatch.com, http://www.quackfiles.com, http://quackbusters.quackfiles.com are good places to review all sorts of questionable health products and practices. For pretty reliable medical information, check out Medline (medical research abstracts), Medscape (http://www.medscape.com), and mdlinx.com (ob/gyn and endocrinology), and http://www.obgyn.net for medical research studies. Some of the medical journals can be searched for full text papers, some only allow an abstract for free. BMJ is about the only one I know that is permanently free.

Points to look for in medical research:

1) double blind study (meaning neither patient nor doctor knows what you are getting) 2) placebo controlled (compares drug against placebo or fake do nothing pill) 3) large number of study subjects 4) same repeatable results over different studies, different doctors with the above criteria 5) are published in peer reviewed journals that are associated with particular specialty associations (like ACOG)

If a doctor or website is recommended to you, check them out thoroughly before you take their advice.

-- Victoria

> From: bj@biotronikusa.com (BJ) > > Yes! Progesterone therapy! I was put on it by a naturopathic doctor 8 > 1/2 years ago and it has completely controlled my severe endo this whole > time. I use an over the counter natural progesterone cream. There are > several other women on the WebMD endo support board using it now and > also haveing success. My MDs know I'm doing it but I make the > decisions. They know how successful the treatment has been for me but > they still don't want to advise it for other patients! Because this is > the same hormone that our bodies make, there are no side effects. For > more information check out > http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com. Take care. > BJ >

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