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What are the effects (good and bad) of using over-the-counter progesterone cream for estrogen dominance?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

OTC progesterone: The bad: they rarely contain progesterone, when they do you don't know how much is being delivered, 'estrogen dominance' is not a disease or well-defined abnormailty. Women with amenorrhea because of ovulatory problems can get good help in lots of ways, these creams are not one of them.

Answered 3/18/2013

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