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From: Victoria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:40:29 -0500

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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 go with their recommendations.

-- Victoria

From: anonymous@obgyn.net (BJ)

Thalia, You're right about that! Sorry you are having to deal with this issue. I suspect you are not ovulating but have you ever been tested for that? You might want to consider supplementing with natural (bio-identical) progesterone 2 weeks each month. This will often restart periods and reregulate them, possibly even getting your ovaries to start ovulating. You can get progesterone cream without a prescription in the US or get a script (not always easy to convince a doctor, though) and have it custom made at a compounding pharmacy. For more info on the progesteorne check out http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com. Take care and best of luck! BJ (long time progesterone user!)

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