Question:

"If natural progesterone is so wonderful, why isn't it used by my doctor?"

This is the question most frequently asked of Dr. Lee during his more than 30 years of active clinical practice personally utilizing natural progesterone.

Answer:

To quote from Dr. Lee:

"The medical-industrial complex refers to the close knit association of organized medicine with the pharmaceutical manufacturers and governmental medical regulatory agencies....The system taken together is neither necessarily corrupt nor evil, but, like any human agency, is subject to the frailties and faults of humankind. Medical research is dependent on the $billions of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the private pharmaceutical industry. The two are closely interlocked......

Any given pharmaceutical company, like any private enterprise, must make a profit to stay alive. Profit comes from the sales of patent medicines. The system is not interested in natural (non-patentable) medicines, regardless of their potential health benefits. Thus the flow of research funding does not extend to products which cannot be patented.

Few people know that the definition of malpractice hinges on whether or not the practice is common among one's medical peers and has little (usually nothing) to do with whether the practice is beneficial or not. A doctor willing to study, to learn the ins and outs of an alternative medical therapy, and to put what he has learned into practice in helping patients is potentially exposing himself to serious charges of malpractice.....

But what does all of this have to do with Natural Progesterone? The answer is quite simple, really. Ample medical research regarding progesterone was carried on in the 1940's through the 1960's, and amply reported in mainline, recognized medical literature. Since the early 1970's, however, medical research has become much more expensive and the grants subsidizing progesterone research, (or any unpatentable medicine or treatment technique), have dried up and been blown away by the contemporary trade winds of synthetic drugs, particularly the progestins. The potential market for patentable progestins is vast -- contraceptive pills, irregular menses, osteoporosis, .... -- literally every woman through the age of puberty on is a target for a sale. Do you think the prevailing powers wish to see this lucrative market left to an over-the-counter natural product not in the hands of physician prescribes and not controlled by the pharmaceutical industry?

Thus, when he (the physician) hears of the use of Natural Progesterone, he wonders why none of his associates know about it. If it is not commonly known, 'it must in some way be false and/or unapproved.' Having given lectures on the role and medical uses of Natural Progesterone, I have observed numerous instances wherein perfectly fine physicians will inquire about obtaining the product for use by their wives or mother-in-law but not for their patients. What can account for such behavior by professionals? I suspect that it is fear of alienation from the flock that is paramount in their minds....

If progestins were the equivalent of Natural Progesterone in effect and safety, the argument would be moot. But progestins are not the equivalent of Natural Progesterone and never will be.......

Patients are aware that they can not leave their health care solely in the hands of the doctor. They must assume responsibility for their own health..........."

Dr. John R. Lee

Dr. Calvin B. Ross, D.C. author of "Your Hormoneous Life" says: (p.156)

"Patients must become knowledgeable and seek intelligent, documented sources of information. They must know that there is natural herbal medicine available that work, with no side effects. They want their medical advisors to join with them in a partnership for health; they will no longer put up with the present condescending child-parent relationship between patient and doctor."

Patients are becoming more educated with books and the internet. The knowledge of natural progesterone is too remarkable to remain neglected.

At the Life Center for Health, Dr. Ross, D.C. always quotes his motto, "We'll put more LIFE into your years and more years into your LIFE" with natural health care.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Dr.Ross, D.C. your questions.