The following symptoms and diseases respond to progesterone therapy, if they are hormone related. It is important to remember that progesterone is not a drug, it is a hormone vital to our well being.

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Fibroids

Fibroids are benign, usually painless tumours found in the uterus. They are made of muscle and connective tissue and can grow to the size of a grapefruit. They often cause heavy, irregular, sometimes painful periods. Normal treatment is with oestrogen, but that only makes them worse. It is known that after menopause with the drop in the oestrogen level they disappear. They occur most frequently in women from the mid thirties on, due to the declining progesterone levels.

Prevention: Avoid all forms of oestrogen. 20 to 200mg/day of progesterone are needed to reduce their size. It will take from 6 to 12 months for this to happen. A hysterectomy is not necessary.