Progesterone in early normal pregnancy?

by Amit
(India, Pune)

My wife's doctor has advised her to take Progesterone.

Dosage: 1 Susten 200/daily internally.

Question: Is it safe and necessary to take this medicine as this medicine has many side effects?

- She is almost six weeks pregnant, and the pregnancy is normal
- during 3 week she spotted 2 brown spots.
- Her Real Time Pelvis Sonography details:

" Anatomically normal urinary bladder.
No evidence of calculus / mass lesion is seen. The walls appear normal.

Normal anteverted uterus measuring 7.2x4.5x3.4 cm. No focal lesions are seen. The endometrium is central.

There is seen a tiny cystic structure measuring 2.7mm in the endometrium - Early gestational sac.

Both the ovaries are visualized and appear normal.

No evidence of solid or cystic lesion seen in the ovaries or adnexae."

- Her BETA HCG (For Blood) is 1316.24, this is done by ELFA: MINIVIDAS technique.

Can you please advise us?

Thanks in advance.

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Progesterone in early normal pregnancy?
by: Wray

Hi Amit. Susten is a natural progesterone and the dose is a good one. But there's little point in taking oral progesterone, as 80-90% is destroyed by the gut and liver as it passes through. It would be far more effective if she used it as a suppository.

Please be assured progesterone doesn't have any adverse side affects. It was probably because she had spotting her doctor wanted her to use it, as spotting is a sign of threatened miscarriage. Progesterone is vital for a successful pregnancy. I will give the web link to info on how to use progesterone during pregnancy:

http://www.progesteronetherapy.com/faq-conception.html

Do hope this helps, take care Wray