What are the side effects of taking progesterone?

People are especially careful with pregnant women and try not to take medicine. It is often said that "all medicines are poisonous", so pregnant women are more sensitive to medicines. Progesterone refers to progesterone, which is mainly used to treat threatened abortion and habitual abortion, as well as irregular menstruation and amenorrhea. However, this medicine also has side effects and has a certain impact on the body. So what are the side effects of taking progesterone? Let's get to know the progesterone progesterone together.

Effect of progesterone: Progesterone is a type of progesterone and is a progesterone secreted naturally by the human body. Progesterone has a negative feedback regulatory effect. It can inhibit its own secretion and also inhibit the secretion of estrogen. During the entire menstrual cycle of a normal non-pregnant woman, the progesterone level is lowest before ovulation, begins to rise after ovulation, and reaches its highest level during the luteal phase. 0.6～1.0nmol/L during the follicular phase, 1.0～11.2nmol/L during the ovulatory phase, 20.8～103.0nmol/L after ovulation.

If you become pregnant, the progesterone level will initially remain at the level of the luteal phase. After the placenta is formed, the hormones secreted by the placenta will increase the progesterone level in the pregnant woman's body to 100-200 ng/ml, which is dozens to hundreds of times that of a non-pregnant woman. Hence the name progesterone. Due to the negative feedback regulation of progesterone, after childbirth, the placenta is delivered and the postpartum woman loses the placenta as a source of hormones. The progesterone and estrogen levels in the body will drop sharply, leading to physiological normal amenorrhea in lactating women.

Side effects of progesterone: Generally, hormone drugs can cause weight gain. Progesterone capsules are progestin drugs. They are mainly used to treat threatened abortion and habitual abortion, premenstrual tension syndrome, anovulatory functional uterine bleeding and anovulatory amenorrhea, and can be used in combination with estrogen to treat menopausal syndrome. Unlike other hormones such as dexamethasone, it does not cause people to gain weight. However, it should be taken correctly under the guidance of a doctor to minimize side effects.