In the 'Supplements And Medications' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about oral progesterone use:
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How much micronized progesterone are you taking orally per day? Prometrium is a micronized product.
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Your answer |
...indicates |
...and suggests |
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"None / don't know" |
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"Less than 150mg" |
On low dose oral progesterone |
A risk factor |
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"150-250mg" |
On low dose oral progesterone |
A risk factor |
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"250-399mg" |
On normal dose oral progesterone |
A risk factor |
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"400mg or more" |
Taking excesssive oral progesterone |
A risk factor |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Abdomen (Abdominal)
That part of the body between the chest and the hips that contains the stomach, intestines, liver, bladder, pancreas and other organs.
Cramp (Cramping, Cramps)
A sudden, involuntary, painful muscular contraction.
Diarrhea
Excessive discharge of contents of bowel.
Milligram (mg, Milligrams)
0.001 or a thousandth of a gram.
Nausea
Symptoms resulting from an inclination to vomit.
Progesterone
This is the hormone secreted after ovulation by the corpus luteum. It is a steroid (similar to a cholesterol), enters receptive cells to stimulate their growth, and acts as an anabolic agent. Estrogen should be viewed as the primary coat underneath all the cycles during a woman's reproductive years, with progesterone, its antagonist, surging for ten or twelve days in ovulatory months. Most of the actions of progesterone cannot occur without estrogen having previously induced the growth of progesterone-receptive binding sites.
Last updated: Feb 28, 2008
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