Pregnenolone - Multiple Sclerosis Message Board

Leaf · 12-04-2000, 01:43 PM

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has actually tried this hormone as an MS treatment and if so how it worked. I have been dignosed with MS for three years and in the beginning I tried a lot of supplements and health programs but few did anything for me. I got kind of burned out on trying new things. However it's been a year and a half since I tried anything new and I'm getting interested again. Recently a friend recommended this and it looks good. I would like to get feedback from anyone with personal experience.
Leaf

lc · 12-06-2000, 01:48 AM

Hi
I Have had MS for quite a few years.I know that it is excerbated by female hormones.I have certain syptoms only at certain stages in my cycle.That also includes when I have relapses.So I use a natural progesterone cream.....which helps.It doesnot eradicate things.Just takes the edge off.It means that I have been better than I have for a long while.Whilist this is not exactly the same.....it is very similar as to how they are working.All steriods are broken down into our sex hormones.One thing I would say is that if you are on any ABC drugs they can produce as a side effect problems with setting your hormones out of wack.hope this helps.

Leaf · 12-06-2000, 12:07 PM

Thanks, lc. This is encouraging. I'm going to give it a try.
Leaf

searchout · 01-12-2012, 09:08 AM

Anyone tried pregnenolone recently?

MSJayhawk · 01-12-2012, 10:03 AM

Pregnenolone has been around since the 1940s and is a precursor to other steroids (it is like a parent and the offspring are testosterone, etc.....). It is being promoted as a cure-all or a help-all. One must be careful with the latest promotional item which has been re-released, re-packaged, and re-marketed. Long term studies have not been undertaken. It is a lot like stem cells. We were told that the lame would walk and the ills of mankind would be yesterday's news.

Some laboratory studies in cancer cells and animals have suggested that pregnenolone may stimulate the growth of hormone-responsive cancers such as prostate and breast cancer. Again, no long term studies have taken place. Before trying something new, ask your doctor because the potential for drug interactions is real. Your body produces pregnenolone already which is then turned into the hormones your body needs. I think that caution is the key word.