Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: gothique11 on December 21, 2007, 01:55:50 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Levels after progesterone
Post by: gothique11 on December 21, 2007, 01:55:50 PM
Post by: gothique11 on December 21, 2007, 01:55:50 PM
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Title: Re: Levels after progesterone
Post by: lisagurl on December 21, 2007, 02:04:20 PM
Post by: lisagurl on December 21, 2007, 02:04:20 PM
Taking Prometrium lowers your estrogen level so to maintain the same levels you need to take about a third more. If your doctor does not know that find another doctor.
Title: Re: Levels after progesterone
Post by: Keira on December 22, 2007, 02:00:22 AM
Post by: Keira on December 22, 2007, 02:00:22 AM
To compensate for progesterone diminishing receptivity of cells to estrogen, you up the amount of E
by 1/3. That's why using progesterone with estrogen in menopausal HRT is seen as
leading to less breast cancer risks.
Title: Re: Levels after progesterone
Post by: lisagurl on December 22, 2007, 02:26:42 PM
Post by: lisagurl on December 22, 2007, 02:26:42 PM
QuoteI stopped taking P. And my levels have gone up, not down
Exactly add p add e. Drop P drop E. You dropped P without dropping E so your levels went up. This is not rocket science.