Does Progesterone Cream Build Up Under the Skin?

Does Progesterone Cream Build Up Under the Skin?

Q: My doctor has me taking natural progesterone sublingual pills—twice a day because she says the progesterone cream can build up under the skin. What do you say to that?

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Many Medicines Spark Nasty Sunburns

Many Medicines Spark Nasty Sunburns

Photosensitive reactions are very unpredictable. Some people get severe sunburns and brown splotches in their skin, some get redness, tenderness, a rash, hives, or other types of inflammation (such as swelling or generalized pain), while others, experience no reaction whatsoever. Some skin reactions are permanent. Also, just because you do not have a problem with medication now, doesn’t guarantee smooth sailing every time you take it.

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Confusing Paid Health Services with Caring Muddles Thinking of Patients, Providers, and Reformers

Confusing Paid Health Services with Caring Muddles Thinking of Patients, Providers, and Reformers

The push is on to reform health services financing before the August Congressional break. Will haste give us another problematic law like No Child Left Behind? Or is it more important to pass something, anything, to get the ball rolling?

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Top Ten List to Protect Your Kidneys

Top Ten List to Protect Your Kidneys

Dear Pharmacist,

I’ve had diabetes for 12 years and now I have kidney disease. My doctor just prescribed lisinopril, but after talking to the pharmacist I’m concerned that there is more I should be doing to protect my kidneys. What else should I consider?

Answer: The kidneys continuously filter your blood to strain out waste products. Without functional kidneys we would die within minutes. Many people, including non-diabetics, have the beginnings of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and don’t even realize it….

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Remapping the Medical Metaphor

Remapping the Medical Metaphor

I often feel startled by life as many physicians do; startled by the vast intricacies of life, and humbled by the almost unfathomable complexities. But these days, I am concerned that for many in my field the wonder is waning, drowning.

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Bioidentical Hormones – A Doctor Answers Basic Questions

Bioidentical Hormones – A Doctor Answers Basic Questions

A handy hormone guide from a physician who answers these questions every day!

Ever since Oprah, Dr. Phil’s wife, and Suzanne Sommers have opened the door onto natural hormone replacement therapy, patients have lined up, dropping even from moonbeams for the coveted nectar to balance our hormones, make us sex goddesses, and turn us into youthful vixens.

May I remind you that I have been using natural hormones (recently dubbed ‘bioidentical’ hormones) for 18 years.

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The Safe Use of Testosterone for Women

The Safe Use of Testosterone for Women

Although sex drive or libido in women is multi-faceted, it’s often closely tied to testosterone levels, and a new review study from researchers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, published in the journal Maturitas, shows that testosterone replacement can bring many health benefits and few risks….

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