What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause: Breakthrough Book on Natural Progesterone (What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About...(Paperback))
by John R. Lee
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.175061
EAN: 9780446671446
ISBN: 0446671444
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1996-06-28
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary: Thank you Dr Lee
Comment: I have not only read this book but I have also had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Dr Lee. And after 11 years of suffering the side effects of Provera, to finally have someone give me the answers to all the questions I've asked Doctors and Endocronologists over the years, was the best thing that has happened to me. Thank you Dr Lee for giving me back my life.
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Summary: Reliable Advice by a Dedicated & Experienced Practitioner
Comment: Having had several discussions with Dr.Lee and witnessed the benefits of his Progesterone treatment at first hand I can vouch for the integrity of his research and recommendations. I would say that most of the complimentary comments below are richly deserved. As to the comments by "transfigurare@msn.com from California , 10 August, 1999" Dr.Lee explains the limitations of blood testing, and why saliva testing is preferable. His books postdate Dr.K.Dalton. The subject is discussed authoritatively by a leading practitioner in "THE HRT SOLUTION", ... Unfortunately this book has one flaw, namely it's recommendation to administer progesterone aurally in capsules. This is inefficient and undesirable as explained comprehensively by Dr. Lee. Another book not to be missed, particularly by ladies of a certain age, is "PREVENTING and REVERSING OSTEOPOROSIS" by Dr.A.R.Gaby.
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Summary: clear detailed introduction to a wonderful safe therapy
Comment: Lee explains the politics and economics of why natural progesterone is the Cinderella of hormone treatments, and goes on to explain how natural progesterone cream can help many women safely and immediately relieve symptoms through and after the menopause. It gives clear and simple advice, avoids unnecessary jargon, explains the interactive hormone system and progesterone's part in it. An ideal resource to arm you with knowledge and confidence to talk to your doctor, who probably knows far less about the subject than any lay person who has read the book. Given its effectiveness in preventing and treating osteoporosis, let alone returning libido, helping sleep, and a host of other benefits, it deserves to be widely read.
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Summary: Comprehensive in scope except for one very important point
Comment: This book opened my eyes to the bias that American doctors have against using natural progesterone, and the authors taught me almost everything I now know about this subject; however, they left out one extremely important point. When a patient needs progesterone, her hormone levels must be professionally tested by using a revolutionary new type of blood test or salivary test. Then, their doctor can prescribe the correct amount of natural progesterone to use and also proceed to monitor her blood levels. Hormones are very powerful and should be used under the guidance of a medical doctor who is familiar with the proper protocol. Over the counter creams can be a quick fix, but they are presently unregulated. Would you prescribe a band-aid for someone who really needs stitches in order to heal their wound? The answer, of course, is, "No!". Yet, Dr. Lee and Virginia Hopkins neglect to mention anything about the necessity of being tested and having your hormone levels monitored by a trained professional.
As the above authors state, most women in the United states are oblivious to the importance of maintaining the correct level of progesterone all the way through their premenopausal, perimenopausal and menopausal cycles. However, for some reason Dr. Lee ignores the following extremely pertinent information: "The revolutionary discovery of radioimmunoassay blood tests changed the method of measuring female hormones, because blood samples could be used with greater accuracy. To the surprise of PMS workers, this method showed that low progesterone blood levels were not necessarily associated with PMS." (Dalton, Katharina,M.D.: "Once a Month", Publishers group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkley, CA, 94710. Copyright 1999, p.86)The receptors that carry the progesterone to the cells may not be doing their job. Then, no matter how much progesterone one takes, there will still be medical problems in the patient. A patient who follows Dr. Lee's advice and merely begins using a progesterone cream without knowing if she needs it or not could be ignoring a very real need for medical care.
Also, radioimmunoassays "are valuable in determining the absorption of natural progesterone administered by various methods. Volunteers are tested in their follicular phase, one month with no progesterone and a subsequent month with progesterone either by injection, vaginal or rectal suppository, orally or through the skin. These tests have revealed marked differences, with the best absorption being by intramuscular injection, good absorption vaginally and rectally, and poor absorption through the skin (creams)and orally.(Ibid.p.87)
Supplementing a lack of progesterone is not something that should be left in the hands of the over the counter companies that want to increase their sales of their OTC creams. The medical community, including doctors like Dr. Lee and his colleagues, needs to stress the importance of monitoring the process of supplementation with blood tests every 6 months---a process leading to correctly prescribed amounts of natural progesterone that will truly help a patient in need of professional care!
Unfortunately, this type of medical care is slow in coming in the United States, but it is very popular n Great Britain and Europe. Perhaps, Dr. Lee's next book will include guidelines and even a list of clinics that provide such excellent medical care. However, this book is sorely lacking in any information concerning medically supervised supplementation of natural progesterone in prescribed amounts in its most easily absorbable form: suppositories.
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Summary: EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE!
Comment: This is a MUST READ for women approaching, in or post-menopause! Before you fall into the medical "trap" of estrogen, READ THIS BOOK!
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