Many women swear by natural progesterone creams.
Rubbed into the skin, these hormone creams are said to relieve the hot flashes and mood swings of menopause and perimenopause, building bones along the way. So the only truly natural progesterone is that from women s ovaries. The progesterone found in creams such as Pro-Gest or Progonol is made in the lab from Mexican wild yams or soybeans. The hormone is believed to pass through the skin and then circulate through the body. Compounding pharmacies, which customize prescriptions, sell this form of progesterone in oral capsules.