09 Some of the many other useful web sites

http://www.abc2health.com/progesterone-not-taught.htmA Dr John Lee Transcript of May or June 1997. Click on the much more on progesterone link at the bottom of the page

http://www.zrtlab.com Dr David Zava's web site, one of John R Lee's co-authors. The site for saliva tests.

There are many links on www.zrtlab.com. e.g. see ../patients/your-stories/

In the UK use the "Official test Provider of ZRT Laboratory" https://hormonelab.co.uk/ It is now quite difficult to send "specimens" by courier or International post to USA.

http://www.npis.info -The Natural Progesterone Information Service UK, Europe.

September, 2020 seem to be only French, German and Swiss at the moment.

The domain seems to have been restored after being down part of 2021, but I have my suspicions, 20220915, that it has been "taken over" by an anti-progesterone organisation as it is now advertising Premarin and the like. I believe this would have been very unlikely if the "original site authors" were still in charge of the site.

 This is a link to the handbook which was on their site NPIS_English-NPIS-Handbook-2010.pdf [514kB] approx. PDF file Acrobat PDF icon

There previously was a list of UK doctors on www.npis.info, another list I can currently find is at:- https://www.whatclinic.com/doctors/uk/bioidentical-hormone-therapy

www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com Catherine Rollins Australia - was a very good site, it was one of the best. This site has disappeared but some of her articles/books are visible on the web. Oct, 2020

http://www.youngagain.com an ex-source of USP hormones in pumps. Currently Progesterone but NOT in pumps and 2 jar limit on International Orders.

There are many articles and several free books on the above site

John Lee's site has a list of possible suppliers ... https://www.johnleemd.com/bioidentical-progesterone-natural-progesterone-cream-list.html

Search on the web for other sources of USP Natural Progesterone in pump bottles = metered doses. Oct, 2020.

USP = United States Pharmacopoeia
BP = British Pharmacopoeia

http://tubal.org//hormonetesting.htm Hufnagel”s Baseline Hormone Profile Protocol

Since the 80”s Dr. Hufnagel has lobbied and advocated for baseline hormone testing not only for post tubal ligation and sterilized women but for ALL women as a standard of care to promote hormone health.

Hufnagell”s protocol directs baseline hormone testing for ALL women starting at age twenty-five as a standard screening test in the same way that mammograms are for women at age forty. ...

The following quote is taken from 95_Miriam Brazel ... ; the original link was http://www.ylcf.org/goodhealth/hormone-imbalance/05.htm

Progesterone is the precursor to other hormones. If there is not enough progesterone produced each month, all the other hormone levels will become either too high or too low. The whole system will become unbalanced causing problems of all sorts throughout the body." (Hormone Imbalance: The Mysterious Illness by Miriam Brazel)

"Due to faulty diets, decreased nutrients in our foods and the stress that we experience, most women have reduced levels of all hormones, but especially progesterone. We are exposed to numerous xeno-estrogens (certain chemicals in the environment that have effects on the body similar to estrogen). Keep in mind that health problems arise from not only the estrogen itself, but from imbalance resulting from a deficiency in progesterone."

Every woman should read:

ONCE A MONTH by Katharina Dalton, M. D.
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT MENOPAUSE by John R. Lee, M. D. & Virginia Hopkins

These links are in the process of being checked. They were my source material. Some may not work. Sorry ... they may give you ideas for searches

http://www.medical-library.net/ ... and search for progesterone

http://www.synergy-health.co.uk/articles/menopause20040806.html

http://www.thezephyr.com/health/healthlm.htm

http://www.power- surge.com/educate/Progestwomen.htm

Originally, progesterone was only available through suppositories and injections. In 1979, it became available in a cosmetic cream, which allowed for absorption through the skin. Progesterone is well tolerated and absorbed through the skin as is seen with other hormones, such as testosterone, scopolamine, and estrogen.

Progesterone is also available in oral, cream and gel micronized forms. Only progesterone creams marketed as cosmetics provide progesterone without a prescription. It's important when purchasing a progesterone cream product that progesterone is listed on the label. Many companies today are producing "wild yam" creams that contain a concentrated extract of wild yam, Dioscorea villosa. Wild yam contains substances that can be converted to natural progesterone in a laboratory; however, the body does not have the ability to convert wild yam extract into progesterone. Because neither oral nor skin applications of wild yam extracts can affect progesterone levels in the body, they are not effective substitutes for natural progesterone supplementation.

The following were in Women's Health at http://www.pdrhealth.com/patient_education/women_health_index.shtml

The site has been updated and NO links to PDR.net network. However the old link headings may give one ideas ...

http://www.pdrhealth.com/patient_education/BHG01EN01.shtml Abnormal Uterine Bleeding    Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Endometriosis
Infertility
Menopause
Missing Periods
Osteoporosis
Premenstrual Syndrome
Vaginitis
Headache and Migraine
Obesity/Weight Loss
Ovarian Cancer
Cholesterol
Heart Attack
Enlarged Prostate

Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Excessive Hairiness
Hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Graves' Disease
Crohn's Disease
Prochieve
Prometrium
Breast Cancer
Back Pain
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Malic Acid
Depression
Probiotics
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
St. John's Wort
Evening Primrose Oil

It was by going through the above that I realised the symptoms were much the same, so there was a connection somewhere.

Biosynthetic relations of steroid hormones:

http://www.nelsonginecologia.med.br/andrestrowomen_engl.htm . . . an explanation

http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/steroid-hormones.php#introsteroid Details of steroid hormones with diagrams

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, GFMER http://www.gfmer.ch/Books/Reproductive_health/Steroid_hormone_metabolism_Fig2.html another steroid bio-synthesis tree . . . the more the merrier?

cholesterol--> pregnenolone --> progesterone ..... other hormones

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