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Bioidentical Progesterone in the News

Don't panic. After reading the whole article about the CBS News feature regarding Bioidentical Progesterone, the following was buried deep for no one to see:

Dr. Senay said there is no direct evidence that bioidenticals are not safe because they have not gone through rigorous clinical trials, which also means that there is no proof that the products are safe. Well, what about the tens of millions of women who had to "go it on their on" and try Natural Progesterone Cream against their doctor's wishes. They have proven Bioidentical Natural Progesterone IS safe and IS effective.

North American Menopause Society VS. Bioidentical Natural Progesterone Cream

Of course the report lead with: The North American Menopause Society says bioidentical hormone treatments might not be the best way to combat the symptoms of menopause.

Thoughtful women can be lead to no other conclusion the money given to the North American Menopause Society is a complete waste. Besides, pharmaceutical companies have obviously bought and paid for them already.

The report went on to say the editorial in the journal Menopause Management, the society's executive director says the recent hype surrounding Bioidentical Progesterone masks the fact that the ingredients are basically no different from those in FDA approved hormone treatments whose use has fallen since a study in 2002 found women using hormones faced a higher risk of breast cancer. This is factually untrue. Synthetic progestins are what the drug companies have been killing women with for decades.

"Bioidenticals are hormones that are marketed as being chemically identical to the hormones produced in a woman's body," The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay told co-anchor Julie Chen. "And they are said to be specially compounded to match the needs of individual patients."

Proponents of Bioidentical Progesterone, including actress Suzanne Somers, say those qualities make them superior to synthetic hormone replacement therapies approved by the FDA, but the editorial says that claims that bioidenticals are superior are "nonsense" and urges doctors not to prescribe them.

Women Know Better Doctor Senay About Bioidentical Progesterone

"Unlike the synthetic hormones approved by the FDA, there is no government supervision of the manufacturing process," Dr. Senay said. She went on to say that you shouldn't trust your pharmacist or the licensed, FDA regulated manufacturer that made your cream.

Bioidentical Progesterone Dr. Senay said there is no direct evidence that bioidenticals are not safe because they have not gone through rigorous clinical trials, which also means that there is no proof that the products are safe.

"Critics of bioidenticals say nobody really knows what these products can do, good or bad and they see history repeating itself," she said. "For decades, each time women have rushed to use the latest hormone therapy, hoping to slow the aging process, later studies have linked the hormone products to disease risk."

When if comes to fighting menopause symptoms, the only approach that has been proven effective is hormone therapy, Dr. Senay said. What about the government study that was halted because women were dying? Have the doctor read two of Dr. John Lee's books, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause" and "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer" and "Call me in the morning".

Progesterone Cream Works

Progesterone is highly fat-soluble compound exceedingly well absorbed when applied transdermally or onto the skin. According to hormone researcher David Zava, Ph.D., progesterone is by far the most lipophilic, or fat-loving, of the steroid hormones. It circulates in the blood, carried by fat-soluble substances such as red blood cell membranes. Some 70 to 80 percent of ovary-made progesterone is carried on red blood cells and thus is not measured by serum or plasma blood tests. This progesterone is available to the body for use, and readily filters through the saliva glands into saliva where it can be measured accurately. The remaining 20 to 30 percent of progesterone in the body is protein-bound and is found in the watery blood plasma where it can be measured by serum or plasma blood tests. However, only 1 to 9 percent of this progesterone is available to the body for use. That is why saliva testing is a far more accurate and relevant test than blood tests in measuring bio-available progesterone.