Re: URGENT- bladder spasms?
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:17:59 -0500 (CDT)
As pointed out on the forum before, Dr. Lee's statistics have not been
reproduced by any other randomized controlled trial, double blind (the
way good studies need to be done to prove statistical significance). An
additional concept is that menopausal symptoms have been shown to have a
placebo response rate of 40%, meaning placebo worked in 40% of women to
relieve menopausal symptoms.
HSM
At Thu, 17 Aug 2000, tish wrote:
>
>I too was plagued by bladder spasms and irritation lasting a week or two
>every month. One time I was unable to empty my bladder requiring a
>visit to the emergency room. The urologist found nothing. No
>infections were found either. I began tracking these problems and
>discovered that they coincided with my menstral cycle. The symptoms
>always begin on day 11 or 12 following the first day of my period. I
>suffered with this for 2 years.
>
>Then I began using progesterone cream, due to being perimenopausal(47),
>to see if it would help those symptoms. To my amazement, my bladder
>irritation and spasms stopped. I have been starting the progesterone
>cream on day 11 as recommended in Dr. Lee's book for a year now and am
>no longer suffering from this condition. If I am late a day or two, I
>start getting the symptoms without fail (burning and irritation).
>
>--
>Tish
>
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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