Progesterone is essential for a long and healthy life. The body’s need for progesterone spans an entire lifetime, from being essential for conception to offering resilience and gentle aging. In women, progesterone is secreted in the second half of the menstrual cycle from the released corpus luteum and, in much greater quantity, by the placenta … Read more
When Women Don’t Like Progesterone Dr. Katharina Dalton had pioneered using progesterone in suppositories or injections in large doses to treat severe PMS. (1) These women faced monthly havoc with high anxiety, fluid retention, sore breasts, feeling suicidal and homicidal, experiencing seizures, and excruciating migraines. Research done by Drs. Hargrove and Maxon, (2) demonstrated that … Read more
Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior is a tireless researcher of women’s hormonal functions and related health problems. She has identified and published information striking at the social myths that prevent good therapy. Ignorance, lack of good science and poor translation to clinical use abound. Recently, she shared “Women’s Reproductive System as Balanced Estradiol and Progesterone Actions- … Read more
Following is a letter presented to the Townsend Newsletter and published June 2020: Dear Editor, RE: “Progesterone Use as Hormone Replacement Therapy: Myths, Facts and Solutions.” https://www.townsendletter.com/article/439-40-progesterone-as-hormone-replacement/ We wish to comment on interpretations of certain “facts” which may not be fully grounded. And there are some points that are greatDr. Gary Huber DO makes a … Read more
