Message: | Progesterone is a female Progesterone Hormones important for the regulation of ovulation and menstruation.
Women take progesterone by mouth for inducing menstrual periods who have not yet reached menopause but are not having periods due to a lack of progesterone in the body; And treating abnormal uterine bleeding associated with hormonal imbalance, and severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Progesterone is also used to prevent overgrowth in the lining of the uterus in postmenopausal women who are receiving estrogen hormone replacement therapy. Progesterone is also used in combination with the hormone estrogen to "oppose estrogen" as part of hormone replacement therapy. If estrogen is given without progesterone, estrogen increases the risk of uterine cancer. |