Which Form Of Natural Hormone Treatment Is Best For Me?
If one Googles “natural hormone cream” or “progesterone cream” or “testosterone cream” there are dozens of products claiming to be the “best” and “authentic” natural progesterone/testosterone creams or gel.
Just how does one determine which product is most suited to his/her requirements? The following is an outline of basic manufacturing processes to help you decide. The three quality standards of natural progesterone or testosterone creams are:
- Pharmaceutical Grade: The manufacturer operates to international standards of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). GMP means all production processes are standardized and controlled from the time the raw material is procured through to the expiry date printing on the finished product. The Australian government, like the U.S. and European regulators, enforces rigid government controls on the manufacturing facility and its equipment, processes, and packaging. ProFeme® natural progesterone creams and AndroFeme® testosterone creams are guaranteed stable, effective, and potent. The final product has detailed documentation and is backed by clinical trials that substantiate its therapeutic claims.
- Cosmetic Grade: This is the quality sold over-the-counter in drug, department and grocery stores. Cosmetic grade products are 70% pure. Often, brand-names have exactly the same ingredients as generics, just with a different label. Cosmetic grade products are allowed a high bacterial content, so their shelf-life is very limited (usually 3 to 6 months). Cosmetic manufacturers are not required to register their products with the government because cosmetic products do not require clinical trials to prove their worth.
- Compounded Product: Natural health products from pharmacists, herbalists, homeopaths, naturopaths, and practitioners of traditional Indian and Chinese medicines are compounded. This means the product is tailored to the patient’s individual needs in the delivery system most desired. Pharmacists compound drugs that are not commercially available, or in a different strength than that readily available. A compounded product may be needed to make a drug palatable. A compounded product may be needed if the patient reacts to dyes, preservatives, and allergens found in commercial products. Compounded products do not undergo any form of production control, concentration, impurity, stability or efficacy testing. Safe shelf-life is usually extremely short, if at all known. Compounded items are time-consuming to make, so generally they are more expensive.
The only pharmaceutical grade natural hormone creams available worldwide are those made by Lawley Pharmaceuticals, Australia.
Lawley Pharmaceuticals www.lawleypharm.com.au makes ProFeme® 3.2% and 10% progesterone cream and AndroFeme® 1% testosterone cream for women, and AndroForte® 2% and AndroForte® 5% testosterone cream for men.
ProFeme® progesterone creams are specifically targeted for use in women with declined or lowered serum progesterone levels due to genetic disorders, surgical or chemical interventions, under-production by the ovaries or ageing. Applied topically to the skin, ProFeme® Progesterone creams for women are the world’s only clinically trialled and tested pharmaceutical grade progesterone creams using natural bio-identical progesterone. ProFeme® progesterone creams are listed with the Australian government (AUST L 95334 / L 70886).
AndroFeme® is testosterone cream specifically targeted for use in women with declined or lowered serum testosterone levels due to genetic disorders, neurological disorders, surgical or chemical interventions or under-production by the ovaries and/or adrenal glands. Applied topically to the skin, AndroFeme® are the world’s only clinically trialled and tested pharmaceutical grade testosterone creams using natural bio-identical testosterone. AndroFeme® testosterone cream is listed with the Australian government (AUST L 70887 respectively).
