Progesterone creams: Do they work?

Climacteric | September 1, 2003| | Copyright

In recent years, transdermal progesterone creams have become a popular hormone regimen for postmenopausal women, with a very large number of women being advised, or electing, to use this form of therapy as the only treatment for management of their menopause. The reason for this trend is interesting to review from a historical aspect, but is particularly disturbing when the criteria for its use, and the scientific evidence on which the regimen is based, are carefully analyzed.

The principal criterion for the success of any therapeutic intervention such as the use of transdermal progesterone ...

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