Dr. Louise Newson

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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast · 101 – Luteal Uglies - what does this mean? · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

So in the UK, we usually prescribe cyclogest.

And then that can be used, like I say, in the vagina or the rectum in a way that it's the dose is high enough, it gets absorbed through the vaginal or rectal mucosa.

into the bloodstream, and then can work on every cell in the body and brain.

Usually the dose is quite high, and Katrina Dalton used to prescribe around 1,000 milligrams.

So there are 200 or 400 milligrams of cyclodespresories.

Sometimes we give 200 milligrams once a day.

I've got other patients that take 400 milligrams three times a day.

It really depends on the clinical response.

Some people, if their dose isn't the right dose for them, they can get side effects and think they've got progesterone intolerance.

So being guided by someone who's got a lot of experience in prescribing progesterone is really important, actually.

Often I'll do testosterone and estradiol levels of women.

And if their levels are low, then I might talk to them about having testosterone and estradiol as well, especially if they're still getting symptoms with just progesterone on its own.

So a lot of women use estradiol sometimes as a gel or they're

a patch, but gel can be really useful because you can change the dose.

And that can be very useful in the luteal phase as well.

So I have a lot of patients who just use some estradiol to top up their lower level of estradiol in the second half of their cycle, might be for a few days or a week or two.

And they can do that quite safely.

And then a lot of women are low in testosterone, more women than we realize actually, because

Low testosterone has been normalized.

If you look at the article that's on my website about testosterone levels, you'll see that it's absolutely terrible what's happening to women because they're saying that low levels are normal for women.

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