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Women's Menopause Health Center August 15, 2007 Newsletter.Hello friends, from Women's Menopause Health Center!
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To view and order menopause support products at the Women’s Menopause Health Center, click [here].Hi Everyone,
For those of you accustomed to getting a monthly newsletter, we apologize. Not only did we temporarily loose our server, the online natural progesterone industry has been roiling with change.
Do you remember our newsletter last year detailing how Wyeth Pharmaceuticals was attempting to stop compounding pharmacists from prescribing natural progesterone (diosgenin) after their profits fell by more than 57% from $2.07 billion in 2003 to $800 million in 2004 (after the WHI study had to be stopped)?Well, now they have gone after centers like ours making complaints to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC's position backed by the big pharmaceutical companies is that Dr. John Lee, M.D.'s studies were not scientific and did not rise to the standard of FDA and National Institutes of Health studies, and that our claims about natural progesterone are false, unfair, deceptive, misleading advertising in violation of the law..
This is simply another attempt to force women into taking the synthetic proven carcinogenic products like Premarin and Prempro. It is an attempt to take away women's choice of something natural and bioidentical. They have even gone as far as saying that the discontinued studies that proved that the synthetic products were harmful apply to natural progesterone as well. The FTC agrees. (The establishment always has and always will persecute those advocating natural healing (i.e. - can't be patented, can't generate billions of dollars in profits). Dr. Lee must be turning in his grave. )
The FTC threatened Women's Menopause Health Center and many other providers of natural progesterone cream with legal action. Some manufacturers, like Vaxa, simply discontinued production rather than deal with the Federal Government. Others, particularly in California because of Prop. 65, are changing natural progesterone to its botanical name - diosgenin.
So, what was at first a disaster in loosing our progesterone cream supplier turned out to be a blessing in disguise. For the past couple of months we worked with another manufacturer on an all natural, chemical preservative free progesterone cream formula. It now is ready ......and, we were able to produce it at a lower cost which we are passing on to you. The fancy pump is gone, but our progesterone cream now is better than ever.
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That's the $6400 question. (Remember the day when that was a LOT of money?) The symptoms are often the same: mood disturbances, i.e. depression and anxiety; temperature regulation imbalances, i.e. hot flashes; fluid retention and weight gain; food cravings; sleep disturbances.
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That's because thyroid hormones are similar to certain estrogen and progesterone metabolites. Receptor sites for thyroid uptake can be hindered or helped by both progesterone and estrogen. Imbalances of thyroid hormones combined with imbalances of estrogen and progesterone can produce a multitude of menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms, because thyroid affects many physiologic activities of reproductive gland activity.
While many doctors agree that an untreated thyroid problem could contribute to menopause and perimenopause symptoms, they discount that activity if a woman's thyroid levels are in the normal range. However, one doctor reports that many of her patients with normal thyroid levels have been able to eliminate severe hot flashes by taking iodine supplements.
The most reliable method to diagnose hypothyroidism is a blood test for TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). A less reliable method for evaluating thyroid function, but one of the oldest (and cost effective), is the basal body temperature measurement. If you suspect that you may have a low functioning thyroid, this may be the place to start before racking up medical bills.
You must use a mercury thermometer, not a digital or electronic one. The mercury thermometer will shake down, which you must do, to 96 degrees or less before bedtime. Place the thermometer next to the bed as you must use it in the morning before getting out of bed and elevating your body temperature. This will measure your lowest temperature of the day and that corresponds with thyroid function.
Place the thermometer deep in the left armpit and close your arm firmly on it for ten minutes. Record your temperature every morning for five days. Oral or mouth temperature does not correlate closely with thyroid function.
The normal underarm temperature ranges between 97.8 and 98.2 degrees. The lower your temperature (especially if it is under 97 degrees), the more suspicious you should be of hypothyroidism or low functioning thyroid. That may be the time to consider the more reliable TSH blood test from your doctor.
While the primary treatment from a physician for a low functioning thyroid is thyroid hormone replacement - usually synthetic if your doctor is the normal med school graduate, or a more natural form of thyroid called Armour thyroid. Finding a doctor to prescribe Armour is next to, but not, impossible.
The primary form of thyroid hormone produced by the body is called thyroxine, or T4. But, we usually require the more active thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine, or T3, to stimulate every one of the trillion cells in our bodies; T4 is normally converted to T3 outside of the thyroid gland through the interaction of enzymes that are capable of converting one form to the other as needed. It is T3 that stimulates nearly every organ and system in the body and triggers all physiological functions.
Armour, extracted from cows and pigs, has a significant drawback - the T3 hormone is absorbed so erratically through the digestive system that people taking it experience wide fluctuations of their thyroid blood levels. For that reason, doctors shy away from prescribing it.
The most commonly prescribed synthetic medication - synthroid - is a pure T4 hormone. However, some people are unable to convert the T4 to T3 with the synthetic form, and both are needed for the thyroid to function normally. Armour contains both T3 and T4 which makes it the best choice for thyroid supplementation.
Another course of action is to strengthen thyroid function through supplements and diet. After years of seeking an effective product for thyroid conditions, Växa produced a Thyroid Formula. Their blend delivers homeopathic remedies, selected herbs a variety of nutrients and essential trace minerals that help maintain healthy levels of thyroid hormone. These ingredients work synergistically on thyroid function. Rather than adding hormones to your body from an outside source, Växa's Thyroid Formula stimulates the thyroid gland to produce normal amounts of thyroid hormone again.
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Click here for a thyroid diet.
Now back to the menopause/thyroid connection, natural estrogen and progesterone work better in our bodies than synthetic hormones, especially for women with thyroid problems. Synthetic hormones have different break down products or metabolites that can interfere with our metabolism in ways that only complicate the original problem.
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For women with hypothyroidism, it's important to remember that if you are using a lot of phytoestrogens in soy foods, or if you are taking hormone replacement therapy with estrogen, you need to have your thyroid rechecked and rebalanced. Estrogens, whether from plants or from hormone replacement, can interfere with thyroid hormones at the receptor site and cause hypothyroid symptoms. Even if your blood tests are "normal", if you have symptoms of hypothyroidism, (i.e. fatigue, bloating, headaches, and depression), you may need to get your dose increased a bit.
If you have had a hysterectomy and are only taking estrogen replacement, you may feel better if you also take some natural progesterone. . The symptom of "crying for no reason" responds well with progesterone treatment. Provera, the synthetic progesterone, does not have the same beneficial effects. Provera often causes bad moods, abdominal bloating, fatigue, and numerous other side effects.
Women age 50 and older should be tested for hypothyroidism every few years. By age 60, about 17% of women are hypothyroid. That makes it a very common problem, and it is often overlooked with the symptoms attributed to aging. In fact, among the elderly, hypothyroidism is sometimes misdiagnosed as dementia.
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Diosgenin cream ingredients | Benefits diosgenin cream | How to use diosgenin cream. | Return to Eden Diosgenin (nicknamed Progesterone) Cream. Do you remember our newsletter last year detailing how Wyeth Pharmaceuticals was attempting to stop compounding pharmacists from prescribing natural progesterone (diosgenin) after their profits fell by more than 57% from $2.07 billion in 2003 to $800 million in 2004 (after the WHI study had to be stopped)? Well, now they have gone after centers like ours making complaints to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC's position backed by the big pharmaceutical companies is that Dr. John Lee, M.D.'s studies were not scientific and did not rise to the standard of FDA and National Institutes of Health studies, and that our claims about natural progesterone are false, unfair, deceptive, misleading advertising in violation of the law.. This is an attempt to force women into taking unsafe proven cancer causing synthetic hormones using your tax dollar to harass natural hormone suppliers. We here at the Women's Menopause Health Center refuse to take away your choice of a healthy alternative to Premarin, Prempro and the other dangerous drugs. We are taking a stand against this heavy handed attempt to destroy competition. We are going to fight for your choice of a healthy way to get through menopause comfortably and safely. (Ed. note: This was from our newsletter last year. The continued harassment by the FTC has caused us to discontinue our wonderful product. Do not be forced into taking something that can kill you. You may purchase safe progesterone cream at your local health food store, or find it a lot less expensively on line at places like ebay and yahoo stores. Do not let these heavy handed tactics destroy your health!)
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