Progesterone NEW

Progesterone has significant morphological effects on estrogen-stimulated endometrium in vivo and is necessary for pregnancy maintenance. In the later period of menstruation, estrogen together with promoting endometrial development and hyperplasia, so that it changes from proliferative stage to secretion stage, creating conditions for fertilized egg implantation and embryo development; Shedding the endometrium completely during menstruation; Inhibit the movement of the uterus and the sensitivity to oxytocin during pregnancy, have the effect of abortion, and together with estrogen promote the further development of the mammary gland to prepare for milk production; Large doses can inhibit the secretion of luteinizing hormone by the anterior pituitary through the feedback regulation of the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-ovarian axis, thus inhibiting ovulation and playing a contraceptive role. Progesterone can be used for habitual abortion, threatened abortion, functional uterine bleeding, haemorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, amenorrhea, ureteral stones. Prostatic hyperplasia, sleep apnea syndrome and refractory cirrhosis ascites.