Progesterone cream, used during hormone replacement, is a natural product from plants. Fermented wild yams and soybeans produce a substance called diosgenin that can be used as a raw product to produce artificial progesterone. This product can be also used to produce synthetic estrogen, cortisones, and other similar hormones. This process can be done only in a laboratory.
Natural progesterone is similar in structure to the hormones produced by the body and is useful if the body does not produce enough progesterone independently. The cream is often used before menopause and can sometimes be used to assist in premature deliveries.
Problems such as PMS, insomnia, depression, and infertility caused due to lack of progesterone in the body can be avoided by using natural progesterone. Since these are caused due to hormonal imbalance in women, it can be rectified using this product. Even men can use this in cases of acute depression and insomnia.
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