For migraines, rub the cream on the back of your neck. If you have menopausal symptoms and are still menstruating, use one-quarter teaspoon cream twice per day beginning with the 8th day from day one of menstruation onset until the next menstruation cycle begins. Use one-quarter teaspoon twice per day beginning on the 6th day of each calendar month and continue for the remainder of the month. Natural progesterone, a cholesterol derivative, comes from the Mexican yam. It matches exactly the chemical formulation of the body's own progesterone.
Manufacturers alter the chemical makeup of progesterone in order to create progestins.
Progestins in their altered molecular structure may cause many side effects, such as birth defects or abortion, fluid retention, epilepsy, migraine, asthma, cardiac or kidney dysfunction and depression. There are many factors that affect both of these conditions, one common factor being a higher level of circulation estrogen, indicating a hormonal imbalance. Progesterone is the precursor hormone and it helps to normalize all other endocrine and hormonal activity in the body. In this case, assisting to lower the level of estrogen in the body and thus, possibly helping to clear these conditions. Vaginal dryness can occur in women of all ages for various reasons, but it is primarily present in postmenopausal women.