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Why Progestins Are NOT Progesterones

8 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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A short educational YouTube monologue by Dr. Tabatha Barber explaining that laboratory-made progestins are chemically different from natural progesterone. While progestins act similarly to progesterone in the uterus—preventing endometrial overgrowth and inhibiting fibroids and endometriosis—they do not have the same effects in other parts of the body, notably the brain.

There are something called progestins. These are all the progesterones made in the lab. They are not chemically the same as progesterone. They still work on the uterus in the same way. They will still prevent the lining from overgrowing. They will stop fibroids from growing. They will stop endometriosis from growing. But they don't have the same effect in the rest of your body, particularly your brain.