What is the difference between natural progesterone vs progestin?
Confusion exists between the words progesterone and progestogen or progestin. Progesterone is a natural hormone made by the body and which is now being made from the plant extract diosgenin or stigmasterol. Progestogen and progestin, on the other hand, are synthetic hormones (with a molecular structure that differs from that of progesterone) used by the drug companies in oral contraceptives and HRT in preference (for commercial reasons) to the natural hormone. The contra-indications, precautions, and adverse reactions of these synthetics hormones make for horrifying reading.
