A Custom Compounded Menopause Cream Can Do Things for You That You Never Dreamed of

There are a lots of options in menopause cream that you get to choose from today. Problems have been reported though. A 2004 article in the New York Times, called Possible Peril Found in Menopause Cream, for instance, calls your attention to an over-the-counter menopause cream called Pro-Gest that uses plenty of natural progesterone. It can raise your risk of heart disease and breast cancer, the article says. But it's a pretty alarming thing that these natural progesterone-based menopause creams are sold in their millions still. You even get to buy it on Amazon for about $25. There are women who write product reviews that go "Saved my sanity" and "Cured my migraine". It's a popular product, and if there is something wrong with it, people should be aware of how better alternatives may exist that aren't dangerous.

A custom compounded menopause cream is the alternative. It doesn't just help relieve hot flashes, depression and night sweats either. It helps your heart as well, new research finds. The secret is to use custom menopause cream that contains hormones that are obtained from plants, that are set to be very similar to what the body naturally produces. The custom part comes where the doctor tests you individually, finds out what exactly your needs are, and compounds a cream that meets your exact needs.

It all started with a major study funded by the government, that they called the Women's Health Initiative. The study found that using regular hormone replacement therapy of the kind conventional menopause cream provides, does increase a woman's risk of coming by heart disease or a stroke. Other studies that came out of that particular study, found that you can tailor a menopause cream to the exact needs of a woman's body, and you can completely change things for her. With no side effects.

One study for instance, followed more than 100 women at various stages of menopause, between ages 30 and 70. They were given various kinds of menopause cream and other hormone sources, and they were tested. They found that women who took the custom compounded creams were in much better shape by the end of the year. They had fewer hot flashes and everything. Even their blood pressure dropped. Compare that with traditional hormone replacement therapy, and those products actually succeed in raising a woman's blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Of course, you do need to find a pharmacist who is trained in making custom compounds.