Prometrium

But most often when women are out there in the world getting their HRT prescription, we are getting progesterone from an FDA regulated product.

Brand name is Prometrium.

The more generic name is oral micronized progesterone.

Your bottle may also just say OMP.

And if you don't need a specific brand, ask your prescriber to allow substitution.

But a side note for those of you with allergies is that many oral micronized progesterone capsules like Prometrium, Those are made with peanut oil.

And if you have a peanut allergy and you're being switched between manufacturers, ask your pharmacist to check the inactive ingredients every single time to make sure.

If oral progesterone truly isn't available, there are other forms your prescriber may discuss.

The most common route I see is the pill that you swallow, the capsule.

The trademark in the United States is known as Prometrium.

And in the United States, it has peanut oil.

It doesn't have peanut oil everywhere else in the world.

the therapy of progesterone, even a progestin in some cases, and they're like, what are my other options? So route is number one.

Now, number two, of course, is dose.

If you are a sensitive bunny and you are doing the oral progesterone known as Prometrium, the starting dose is 100 milligrams.

They don't make it any lower than that.

My last period, April 2026.

I was on a hundred milligrams of Prometrium for the last 10 years.

I tried Estrogel a couple of times, but never felt good on it.

During those 10 years, I had a lot of constipation and gut issues, mainly bloating and gas.

I've been off the Prometrium, which is a progesterone supplement, for three months and my gut has felt so great and the constipation is gone.

Is there a link between progesterone and gut motility issues? And this was submitted by Kelly.

Great question, Kelly, and also really good awareness.

The oral tablets, maybe $8 a month.

The generic version of Prometrium, maybe $25 a month as well.

You mean cash prices? Yeah.

No insurance.

You can do all kinds of things.

But if you're going to your OBGYN and you're asking them for progesterone, they're going to give you Prometrium.

This is oral micronized progesterone, and it comes in 100 milligram capsules.

So you don't have much wiggle room because you're either going zero to 100, 100 to 200, 200 to 300, right? So I think that that's one big downfall of using Permetrium, although it is very cost effective for women, you know, if they can't go outside of the insurance realm.

Is it going to bring light to maybe the OBGYNs that are in practice currently that don't have any training on it because it takes 18 to 20 years for things to get to their desk, forcing them to maybe have to become part of the menopause society, catch up with some of these things, recognize these things? But what...

is going to happen.

And I just see this and I have seen it even with family members who have been prescribed either PrimPro or, you know, the estradiol patch and then Prometrium is that woman leaves.

They think all their problems are going to be solved.

And it was just a stupid study.

But the evidence now is showing that the more body-identical hormones, where you use an estrogen gel and a thing called Prometrium, are quite safe.

They'll get rid of your hot flushes.

So what you need to do, Jeanette, is find a GP who has an interest in perimenopausal therapies.