One response from Dr. Lee & Fibroids

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Hi All:

I have also written Dr. Lee using the email links at both his

Progesterone Research Institute and his main site. One of the replies

follows. Neither reply gave me names of any studies on the natural

progesterone creme and fibroid shrinkage.

Ann

Subj: Re: Fibroid shrinkage

Date: 6/20/00 10:38:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time

From: johnleemedicalletter@... (Virginia Hopkins)

To: AELIZ@...

Dear AELIZ,

Sometimes progesterone stops or slows fibroid growth (especially when

they're smaller), and sometimes they just keep growing in spite of the

progesterone. We think there's a big stress factor present -- e.g. in

women

who are chronically stressed out the fibroids keep growing almost no

matter

what you do.

Sincerely,

Virginia Hopkins

www.johnleemd.com

At 11:14 PM 6/19/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Dear Dr. Lee:

>

>I would like to let you know I used natural progesterone creme as

directed

by

>your book " What your doctor...perimenopause. " I found the creme did

not

>reduce the size of my fibroids, on the contrary they grew larger. I

am

>curious as to what you base your claim that the use of natural

progestrone

>can shrink a fibroid. Additionally, I would like to know what

clinical

>studies have been performed documenting fibroid growth, or

shrinkage, in

>conjunction with use of natural progesterone. To be perfectly frank

with

you,

>I am wondering if progesterone may cause fibroids to grow!

>

>A reply to my inquiry will be appreciated.

>

>aeliz@...

>

Virginia Hopkins

Executive Editor

The Lee Medical Letter

www.johnleemd.com