Can Progesterone Cause Dizziness? | PYHP 113
Kathy\u2019s Question: I tried progesterone 100 mg pill. I felt dizzy and felt like I could not stand upright. Does a cream have the same side effect? I was also prescribed an estrogen patch.\nShort Question:\xa0It is certainly possible that progesterone can cause someone to feel dizzy. It is often prescribed to help with sleep issues and anxiety, but some women claim to feel dizzy or \u201cweird\u201d after taking it. In our experience, this is more common with Prometrium, which is an instant-release form of progesterone. Bioidentical, sustained-release progesterone can still cause some of the same side effects but is typically much better tolerated. Progesterone cream usually does not cause some of the same side effects but is not effective for insomnia or anxiety. There is some research to suggest that progesterone is a vasodilator. This effect could lower blood pressure, which could make someone feel dizzy after taking.\nPYHP 113 Full Transcript:\xa0\nDownload PYHP 113 Transcript\nDr. Maki: Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Progressional Podcast. I\u2019m Dr. Maki.\nDr. Davidson: And I\u2019m Dr. Davidson. \nDr. Maki: So, again, we have another question. This one\u2019s from Kathy. So, again, in the future, for those of you that are new to the podcast, hopefully we\u2019re getting lots of new listeners all the time. If you are an avid listener, you like what we have to say, please give us a review on whatever platform. We are on all the major platforms. I still haven\u2019t added our podcast yet, or I have had it added to an Audible or Amazon Music, but that\u2019s on the list which I think is cool. But we\u2019re on iTunes. We\u2019re on Stitcher. We\u2019re on Spotify. We\u2019re on iHeartRadio. We\u2019re on all those different podcast platforms. So, please give us a review. That\u2019d be really nice. So, this question is from Kathy. Once you dive in and give it a whirl.\nDr. Davidson: Sure. We always change everybody\u2019s name. We always say that on every podcast too. And these questions come from podcast listeners, and also from our website, from our blogs too. Kathy doesn\u2019t say on here whether she got this from the podcaster or from reading one of the articles or one of the blog\u2019s. So, this is from \u201cKathy\u201d. I tried progesterone 100mg pill. I felt dizzy and felt like I could not stand upright. Does a cream have the same side effect? I was also prescribed in estrogen patch.\nDr. Maki: Yeah, so there\u2019s a lot. This is a really simple question, which is nice. Right? It\u2019s just a couple of questions and it\u2019s fairly similar. We\u2019ve done a bunch on progesterone. But this one adds a little bit of a different element with the progesterone patch or the estrogen patch. She doesn\u2019t specify, but I would assume that if she\u2019s getting the estrogen patch, that means she\u2019s getting prometrium. We could probably make that as\u2026 Would that be a fair assumption to make? \nDr. Davidson: Yes, like you said, this is a short question. It seems simple, but it I like it because we can really