While our own natural progesterone has the ability to convert into other hormones in the body, there has been no evidence to date that progesterone creams perform the same way. Yet, women continue to slather on progesterone creams in an effort to balance out what they suspect to be excessive estrogen levels, unaware of the damage they may be doing to their bodies.

Women who take in more progesterone than their bodies need can develop excessive amounts of progesterone which can result in serious side effects.

Initially, many women feel a calming effect when they first use progesterone creams. However, after several months of use and accumulation of excessive progesterone, depression may set in.

The second downside of high progesterone is its effect on Cortisol levels in the body. High levels of progesterone can increase Cortisol levels resulting in feelings of intense hunger and sugar or carbohydrate cravings, weight gain around the waist, reduced muscle mass, bone thinning, memory loss, fluid retention, reduced athletic endurance, reduced thyroid function, chronic fatigue, insomnia, and PMS.

Women with excessive progesterone who are still menstruating may even start missing their cycles. And since symptoms of excessive progesterone can mimic other health conditions, it can easily lead to misdiagnosis by health professionals and being prescribed unneeded medications to address problem conditions that don’t exist.

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According to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, women on estrogen-only Hormone Replacement Therapy have a 54% higher risk of developing Asthma after menopause.

The findings, from the major study involving almost 58,000 women over a 12 year period, add to growing body evidence suggesting a link between HRT and Asthma.  This new information is yet more indication that Estrogen drugs that are synthetically created are nothing like the hormones our body creates.

The use of synthetic hormones has dropped sharply in recent years, ever since the Women’s Health Initiative study of 2002 found an increased risk of Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Strokes and other health problems in women on hormone replacement therapy.

The Women’s Health Initiative study, a clinical trial designed to determine if Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) was beneficial to healthy women, was halted 5 years and 2 months into the 8 year study due to serious safety concerns for the participants.  The study concluded that the combination of estrogen and progesterone posed a significant health risk to women and that any benefits from HRT were not worth the side effects.  The outcome of these trials has forever changed the way we look at HRT.

If you are currently on HRT or considering it, it’s important for you to weigh the  potential risk versus benefits of this treatment.  It is also important for you to know that you do have safe and natural alternatives for alleviating the symptoms and discomfort brought on by menopause.

If you are struggling with effects of hormone imbalance, I strongly encourage you to call me so we can discuss your options.

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