Progesterone Cream - Menopause Message Board

Snoshop60 · 09-22-2004, 09:39 PM

Anyone here use progesterone cream? I've been using Femgest for several
weeks and just put on my bifocals and read the small print.... There is
a warning "This product contains a chemical known to the State of
California to cause cancer". It was really helping me but now I'm kinda
scared to use it. Anyone else using Femgest?

poysenivy · 03-21-2005, 10:11 AM

I've been trying to find information on the chemical in femgest that causes cancer. Everywhere i go I have found people asking the same question but no one seems to have an answer. if anyone knows what this is will you please let me know?

greeneyes100 · 03-21-2005, 10:42 AM

Try Emerita progesterone cream. It's really good and highly recommended by patients and doctors. If Femgest says that on the label, I would use something else. I did hear someone else say they were using Femgest and liked it though.

If I were you, I would go ahead and finish the rest of the product you are using and switch to Emerita after that. It's the most highly recommended cream that I know of.

rheanna · 03-21-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by poysenivy

I've been trying to find information on the chemical in femgest that causes cancer. Everywhere i go I have found people asking the same question but no one seems to have an answer. if anyone knows what this is will you please let me know?

An online drugstore website lists the ingredients for FemGest as:

Purified Water, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Progesterone, Ceteareth 20, Triethanolamine, Polysorbate 80, Keratin Amino Acids, Diazolidinyl Urea, Carbomer, Methylparaben, Coconut Oil, Almond Oil, Grapefruit Seed Extract (Citrus grandis), BHA, Lemon Oil (Citrus medica limonum), Propylparaben, Panthenol, Aloe Vera Gel, Sodium Hyaluronate

Another one says:

Ingredients: Aloe Vera Gel In Distilled Water; D-Alpha Tocopherol & Mixed Tocopherols; Cetyl Alcohol; Almond Oil; Octyl Palmitate; Panthenol; PEG 8 Sterate; Glycerine; Progesterone; Polysorbate-60; Hyaluronic Acid; Oil Of Lemon; Keratin; Carbomer-940; Grapefruit Seed Extract. Per Jar: Progesterone - 900mg.

Another says:

Water, Vitamin E Acetate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Grapefruit Extract, Octyl Palmitate, Cetyl Esters, Progesterone, Aloe Vera Gel, Glycerin, Keratin, Propylene Glycol, Polysorbate 80, Diazolidinylurea, Carbomer, Sweet Almond Oil, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Propylparaben.

Don't know if this is just different ways to list ingredients, and don't know which ingredient is causing California to declare a cancer warning -- you'd think that it wouldn't be allowed to be sold in California.

--Rheanna

sparksals · 03-21-2005, 01:22 PM

I know I'm coming into this discussion late. I've never used Femgest before and don't know if it is synthetic or natural progesterone cream. I use Lifeflo Progestacare. It is completely natural. Synthetic progesterone creams are little help, so you should switch to a natural one. Progestacare comes in a premeasured pump, so you never make a mistake in the dosage.