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Re: Debunking progesterone creams
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:16:05 -0500 (CDT)
Whew, Victoria, don't hold back :).
Your points are excellent, and traditional medicine and science says
progesterone cream is bunk at the current time. It is hard to argue
with those who swear by it, however.
I do not advise or prescribe it, but don't object if women use it.
Garry
At Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Victoria wrote:
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>Actually we don't know if and how many it works for. Without double blind,
>placebo studies, if a product works for only 5 people out of 500, would you put
>your money on it? What about pros/cons and drug interactions? Reliability of
>what is in the products and contamination? Review the FDA's letters to companies
>and you see very few responses from people on the creams who complain. We're on
>the Internet. We have no way of knowing whether or not it works for some or that
>they simply aren't promoting the product as part of their job. We have no way of
>knowing without legitimate medical backing who it truly works for and who it
>doesn't.
>
>The subject hasn't been beaten to death. We still have people promoting products
>that may be illegal, with science that has been questioned by doctors, along
>with advertisements like
>http://forums.obgyn.net/womens-health/WHF.0107/1506.html. As long as
>questionable health practices and products continue to be promoted, then so can
>legitimate, science based medicine and the FDA continue to put out the
>documentation on the theories and products behind them. Everyone has a right to
>both sides of the coin, and to be given the facts behind the hype.
>
>--
>Victoria
>
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Anonymous)
>
>We have beaten this subject to death. It works for some, it doesn't
>work for others..just like anything else.
>
--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA
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