Re: Some questions re. sublingual Progesterone

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Hi Sadie

The term " sublingual " means under the tongue..some get losenges that go under

the tongue and dissolve easily and others get drops - the ones I have are olive

oil with USP progesterone (natural) I personally have found that sublingual

drops are a bit hit and miss..by that I mean an extra drop or two can sneak out

while putting them under your tongue. the drops and anything put right under the

tongue or throat or into the vagina or any mucous membrane goes directly at the

full dose into the blood stream without first passing the liver

My subligual drops are 6.25 mgs per drop. I have found them to be a little too

much all at once into my bloodstream. I use Prometrium 100 mg once daily...oral

Prometrium @100mgs goes thru the first pass of the liver and also into the

stomach and thru the digestive system before it enters the blood stream. After

it goes into the blood stream and into the cells (which is by this time, reduced

to 10% or the oral dose, or for me, that's 10mgs P) it then goes back thru the

liver and passes out of the body thru the organs of elimination

I prefer the Prometrium...it should be out of your body by the end of about 12

hours. BUT - there were months and years that I could not even tolerate the

100mg Pormetrium because my body was still holding way too much Progesterone

from my years of using too much transderal P.

To me, as long as I was taking unoppsed E and could not use P even in the

smallest dose, I felt I was overloaded...saliva testing confirmd this - I was

off the charts..my ultrasounds confirmed that I was not creating a thick

lining..my endometrial biopsies were normal...so it may be a variety of things

you need to do to check if you even NEED P while you are unable to tolerate it.

I don't get how doctors insist that a woman who is not tolerating P makes her

take it, except that they are going by fear of cancer and without enough info on

that specific persons situation

Eacch one of us needs to use common sense and figure out exactly what is going

on in our specific case...listen to your body and its reactions to things you

take. Then, try and find a doctor who will isten and work with you to get the

facts.

someone other than me posted about OTC P drops...

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> I am unfamiliar with sublingual progesterone and am hopeful someone can

> answer my questions as I would like to consider this application as an

> alternative to prometrium.

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> - how is the sublingual progesterone applied . . . under the tongue?

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> - it was mentioned in a previous entry that a subscription is not

> required. Where does one acquire the medication . . . in a health food

> store . . . and if so, what dosages/amounts are recommended? I prefer

> the consistency of a prescribed hormone to those available " over the

> counter " , but don't know if this is possible with sublingual p.

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> - will cyclic dosing with sublingual p produce a withdrawal bleed?

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> - what experiences have others had while using sublingual progesterone -

> ie, positive, negative etc.? I believe the prometrium lasts too long in

> my body as I can feel the sympoms months later (I use prometrium only

> every 3 - 4 months).

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> Any sharing of knowledge/experience would be much appreciated :-)

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> Sadie

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