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What is Bioidentical progesterone?

A bioidentical hormone is a compound synthesized in the lab from a “natural” source (wild Mexican yam in the case of progesterone and sometimes testosterone) to exactly mimic the chemical structure of the naturally occurring compound it is supplementing or replacing.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hormone replacement 5 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
low progesterone 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Difficulty sleeping through night 1 0
General health 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
may help with remyelination; general health 1 0
Perimenopause 1 0

See all 14 patients currently taking Bioidentical progesterone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Bioidentical progesterone

Dizziness 1
Weight gain 1
Hair loss 1
Acne breakout 1
Exhaustion 1
Oily facial skin 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Bioidentical progesterone. See all 13 dosages ►

  1 mg daily 1 mL daily 2 other daily 100 mg every other week 21 mg daily 50 mg daily 56.25 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Bioidentical progesterone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 67%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Bioidentical progesterone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Bioidentical progesterone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Bioidentical progesterone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Bioidentical progesterone

Always
 5 83%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Bioidentical progesterone

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 4 67%
Not at all
 1 17%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Bioidentical progesterone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 20%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 3 60%

Report created on May 28, 2012.