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Progesterone Cream?
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I’ve been taking some progesterone cream – rubbing it on every day, about the same amount as you do use toothpaste. I read a report that it can cause high blood pressure. I do tend to have high blood pressure, but have no idea whether it is linked with this. Does anybody have any experience of progesterone cream – this one is called Natpro. I’m
50 and taking it for perimenopause.
50 and taking it for perimenopause.
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What are you actually using the product for? (There is no licensed progesterone cream for HRT use).
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What are you actually using the product for? (There is no licensed progesterone cream for HRT use).
I have no experience of progesterone cream.
I can find no trials, properly conducted therapeutic trials, the link to the pharmacological mentioned in the BMA letter was unavailable.
I find it difficult to link a transdermal hormone cream to sustained hypertension.
There is little more that I can add.
I can find no trials, properly conducted therapeutic trials, the link to the pharmacological mentioned in the BMA letter was unavailable.
I find it difficult to link a transdermal hormone cream to sustained hypertension.
There is little more that I can add.