Can I use too much progesterone cream?

by Vicki
(Evansville, IN)

Can I use too much progesterone cream?

I am feeling great after using your cream for 1.5 months, I have been using it twice a day, a couple of squirts (I don't know exactly how much).

Can I use too much? If so, what are the symptoms to watch for?

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Too much progesterone cream
by: Alice

You can actually have too much progesterone cream. What you have got to remember is that estrogen and progesterone should be kept in balance. The best way to do this is to test your hormones, saliva is the best way of testing these hormones.

I don't know why you are taking progesterone cream - menopause, thyroid problems, PCOS? - but it would probably be worth getting tested - it isn't overly expensive to do, but for those who supplement, I would recommend it!

Symptoms of progesterone overdose could include fatigue, headache, dizziness, bloating, cramping, diarrhoea, nausea, back pain, irritability, breast pain, viral infection, coughing...

Transdermal (through the skin) cream should be applied at about 15-30 mg twice a day. Doctors would say differently as they are used to oral dosing approaches - 90% of what is taken is consumed by the liver.

Wray - were the studies you mentioned with transdermal progesterone supplementation or oral/suppositories? As these latter levels will be much higher than is needed for transdermal.
Hope this is useful :)

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by: Wray

Hi Tania. Please bookmark the page where the contribution was made. Just like the home page, as people make contributions links will be listed on that page and you can click through on
them to follow the comments. Hope this makes sense! Take care Wray

Can I use too much progesterone cream?
by: Wray

Hi Vicki. So pleased you're feeling great! It's very difficult to use too much progesterone when in a cream form. Dr Dalton would give her patients with post natal psychosis 2400mg/day via injections and suppositories, which is about one and a quarter tubes of Natpro per day!

Admittedly they needed it, whereas most people don't need anywhere near that amount. The only symptom of overdose I have been able to find is one of euphoria! Joking apart, sleepiness is another symptom.

The successful studies done with progesterone used between 100-200mg/day, some going as high as 300-600mg/day, so you can safely assume you will not overdose using Natpro. Incidentally the tube would last you 3.3 days if you used 600mg/day. Take care, Wray

Can I use to much progesterone cream?
by: Tania

Hi Wray

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