Understanding the Differences Between Prometrium, Compounded Progesterone, and Progestins

a blonde, female scientist holds up two beakers with different color liquids in them. She is looking at the pink one which is bubbling and she appears curious about it. She also has sticky notes on her lab coat with various compound structures including progesterone.

Progesterone. A Series of What is the Truth? When it comes to hormone replacement therapy for women, particularly regarding progesterone, various delivery options are available. There are troches, triturates, suppositories, creams, gels, and capsules. Two common choices of bioidentical progesterone in capsule form are ‘Prometrium’ and ‘Compounded Progesterone’, both derived from plant sterols called Mexican…

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How Much Do You Know About Your Gut?

Gut microbiota is a fancy word for flora that lives in our gut. Flora means plants that live in a particular habitat. In this case, our gut is our habitat and the flora are microorganisms such as bacteria. Our gut microbiota is made up of tens of trillions of bacteria which is ten times more…

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