Fw: If Progesterone Cream Is So Wonderful Why Hasn't My Doctor Told Me About It

[Guest guest]

This is the question most frequently asked of Dr. Lee during his more

than 30 years of active clinical practice. To quote from Dr.

Lee: " The medical-industrial complex refers to the close knit

association of organized medicine with the pharmaceutical

manufacturers and governmental medical regulatory agencies... The

system taken together is neither necessarily corrupt nor evil, but,

like any human agency, is subject to the frailties and faults of

humankind. Medical research is dependent on the billions of dollars

of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the

private pharmaceutical industry. The two are closely interlocked.

Any given pharmaceutical company, like any private enterprise, must

make a profit to stay alive. Profit comes from the sales of patent

medicines. The system is not interested in natural (non-patentable)

medicines, regardless of their potential health benefits. Thus the

flow of research funding does not extend to products which cannot be

patented.

 

Few people know that the definition of malpractice hinges on whether

or not the practice is common among one's medical peers and has

little (usually nothing) to do with whether the practice is

beneficial or not. A doctor willing to study, to learn the ins and

outs of an alternative medical therapy, and to put what he has

learned into practice in helping patients is potentially exposing

himself to serious charges of malpractice.

 

But what does all this have to do with natural progesterone? The

answer is quite simple, really. Ample medical research regarding

progesterone was carried on from the 1940's through the 1960's, and

amply reported in mainline, recognized medical literature. Since the

early 1970's, however, medical research has become much more

expensive and the grants subsidizing progesterone research, (or any

unpatentable medicine or treatment technique), have dried up and been

blown away by the contemporary trade winds of synthetic drugs,

particularly the progestins. The potential market for patentable

progestins is vast-- contraceptive pills, irregular menses,

osteoporosis--literally every woman through the age of puberty on is

a target for a sale. Do you think the prevailing powers wish to see

this lucrative market left to an over-the-counter natural product not

in the hands of physician prescribers and not controlled by the

pharmaceutical industry?

 

Thus, when he (the physician) hears of the use of natural

progesterone, he wonders why none of his associates know about it. If

it is not commonly know, 'it must in some way be false and/or

unapproved.' Having given lectures on the role and medical uses of

natural progesterone, I have observed numerous instances wherein

perfectly fine physicians will inquire about obtaining product for

use by their wives or mother-in-law but not for their patients. What

can account for such behavior by professionals? I suspect that it is

fear of alienation from the flock that is paramount in their minds.

If progestins were the equivalent of natural progesterone in effect

and safety, the argument would be moot. But progestins are not the

equivalent of natural progesterone and never will be. "

 

Dr. John R. Lee, CA, USA