darstin 10mg / g gel Progesterone
80 g
Active substance: Progesterone
Where can I use progesterone gel?
Progesterone gel is massaged every day into the so-called "soft skin", for example at skin areas under the armpits, at the breasts, the inside of the thighs or the wrists. It has proved to be a good idea to change the areas every day, as well as to wash the skin warm beforehand - this opens the pores and allows the cream to penetrate more easily. Some women are sensitive to the cream, when they apply it to the face, then you should avoid these skin spots.
The progesterone gel has proved to be of great help in the following deficiency situations:
Application in the so-called "premenstrual syndrome"
Here, all complaints are meant which can be adjusted before the onset of the bleeding and can extend to the first days of menstruation.
Normally the concentrations of estrogens and progesterone vary during the cycle. If, however, the proportion of progesterone is too small and too much of the estrogen compared with this, the symptoms of the so-called estrogen dominance are:
The body stores salt and water into the cells, causing the body to float up.
In addition, the abdomen may swell, almost as early as the early pregnancy. Other symptoms that can occur through a progesterone deficiency are:
• Tighten the chest
• Migraine or severe headache
• Sleep disorders
• Mood fluctuation
• Fatigue
• Cramps
• Heart palpitations
• Dizziness
In this case, if progesterone is given to stimulate the body's hormonal cycle, this treatment helps the body regain its balance and alleviates many of the symptoms of estrogen dominance.
menstrual problems
Progesterone also helps with symptoms that occur during menstruation, such as cramps, diarrhea, constipation and severe bleeding.
Since a strong estrogen situation makes women at the same time more painful as well as their other effects, the progesterone effect comes as a pain-lessening effect.
The quantity of the progesterone gel, which is the right one for a woman, has to be based on her hormonal situation - this can be determined by the gynecologist, possibly in cooperation with an endocrinologist (homo specialist) on the basis of different blood values.
A good start for the application of the gel is the day of the entry. The amount is gradually increased until the onset of the bleeding. According to experience, the monthly hemorrhage then begins 48 hours after the gel is discontinued. Women whose cycle is not quite regular, simply put the gel down at the onset of the bleeding.
Before and during the menopause
Even many years before the menopause (last bleeding and the time after) women can already have all the complaints, which are known as "menopausal complaints". This phase can begin as early as 10 years before the actual menopause. Slowly, the hormones lose power, sometimes just an ovulation. This is not really a bad thing, and it does not prevent a woman from permanently receiving children. It is only difficult that the ovulation is the trigger for the body's progesterone production. Once an ovulation occurs, the affected woman suddenly has no longer a hormone to balance the estrogen.
Here, however, not all symptoms have yet to be felt for an estrogen dominance. In most cases, the symptoms gradually begin to sneak at first. Often, women experience particularly mood swings, sleep disorders or depressive phases as particularly troublesome.
Other reasons to help with progesterone gel
Sometimes, however, ovulation can also be delayed for a somewhat longer period of time, for example triggered by intensive hormonal therapies, or after operations and also after miscarriages. In periods of increased physical or mental stress such as, for example, in burnout syndrome, hormonal shifts may also occur. Conversely, hormonal changes also have a clear effect on the psyche. For example, if the ovulation is stopped for a while, it can be the cause of a so-called "week-bed depression".
Progesterone gel as an aid in unfulfilled childhood
Progesterone is also used in an unfulfilled childhood to stimulate ovulation, and to prepare the "nest" for a fertilized egg. For this, treatment with the gel is always started only after ovulation and continues until about two days before the expected bleeding. As a result of the fall of the progesterone when the gel is discontinued, the menstrual bleeding is usually triggered.
What side effects have progesterone (progesterone side effects)
Before one can discuss a concept such as "side effects", its definition must first be clarified: the side effects of a substance added to the body are both positive and negative effects. The side effects are all effects which are not primarily intended with the gift. And it is necessary, of course, to clarify from which substance what side-effect is described.
Progesterone is a sex hormone actually produced in the human body itself. However, if one talks about the side effects of progesterone, it is primarily a supply of drugs containing progesterone.
Anyone who does not express himself clearly can even mean the gestagen-containing agents, which are used, for example, in conventional hormone replacement therapy. Progestins, however, are not really progesterone - for commercial reasons, the pharmaceutical producers have created a progesterone "very similar" hormone - the gestagen. This has far more side effects than the progesterone, which was directly modeled after the hormone produced in the body. This is often referred to as "natural progesterone", although it is also a "produced" and not a "naturally taken" hormone through many chemical transformation processes.
It is also important to note that every medicine or remedy, in addition to the beneficial substance - the "active substance" - also contains so-called "carrier substances". Depending on whether it is administered as a tablet, cream or, for example, as a suppository, the carrier substances are quite different. These, however, can also cause side effects - for example, allergies.
Also the actual active substance - in our case the progesterone - can be absorbed by the body differently intensively depending on how it is administered or where it is administered (via the skin, the digestive tract, orally or via the mucous membranes ...) and therefore different effects And side effects.
So if someone speaks of an observed mode of action or also the side effects of a drug or other remedy, one must consider all the above equally critically.
What are the different side effects of progesterone?
Therefore, the reports on blogs and other forums often lead to a very different way of looking at the side effects of progesterone. On the other hand, there are reports that claim that progesterone has no side effects (progesterone side effects) - and on the other hand, there are a number of side effects that have triggered various progesterone-containing drugs.
Thus, for example, it is reported that during use in the vagina (meaning suppository suppository) there may be increased bleeding, bleeding, headache, fatigue, touch sensitivity of the breasts, as well as slight digestive problems.
Oral administration of progesterone is occasionally reported to have dizziness, fatigue, and depressive mood.
Progesterone is, however, almost the "opponent" to the estrogens - progesterone displaces an excess of estrogens. If, however, the body itself produces enough progesterone, a supply of progesterone can naturally arise from further feeding, and then a deficit (ie a deficiency) of estrogens.
And when administered as a progesterone cream or gel, or administration as suppositories, according to some reports, skin or mucous membrane irritations occurred. (These indicate, if necessary, an insensitivity to the carrier - and not necessarily a side effect on the progesterone as an active ingredient).
Very important in this context is the indication that before any application of a preparation containing progesterone, medical advice should always be sought. Before taking or administering a hormone-containing preparation, the basic hormonal situation must first be clarified. A physician can also best explain the mode of action and side effects of the individual preparations.
