Please note that Dr. Lee does not endorse or sell natural progesterone cream from or for any company. He only states which creams should be beneficial as some creams contain less progesterone in the entire jar than what is typically needed in one day.

27 December 1997

To: AIM International, Inc.
    and all distributors of Renewed Balance

From: John R. Lee, MD

In my book, That Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause,
the dosage recommendations (e.g. 1/4 tsp, etc.) refers to creams
containing about 450-500 mg/ounce As you know, Renewed Balance
contains 560 mg/ounce, or approximately 24% more progesterone.
Thus, the book's dosage recommendations are not correct when
Renewed Balance is used.

Because of this difference in progesterone concentration, Renewed
Balance is not listed on page 271 of the latest printing of my book
which contains a list of creams containing progesterone concentrations
of 400-500 mg per ounce.

However, as I have repeatedly stated, Renewed Balance is a good cream
but the amount of cream to be used to obtain the progesterone dosages
(15-20 mg/day) I recommend for the usual female with progesterone
deficiency should be reduced proportionately.

For example, if a woman wished to use 20 mg of progesterone for 15 days
per month, her total monthly dose would be 300 mg. If this were obtained
from a cream containing 900 mg of progesterone per 2-ounce container, she
would need just 1/3 of a container each month. If Renewed Balance is
used, this same monthly progesterone dose would require only 1/4 of a jar.
(So each jar would last about 4 months.)

If a postmenopausal woman wished to use 15 mg of progesterone per day for
25 days each month, her monthly dose would be 15 x 25 = 375 mg. This is
1/3 of a jar of Renewed Balance. Thus, each jar would last for 3
months.

When used proportionately in this manner, Renewed Balance cream will
properly supply the recommended amount of progesterone as I describe in
my book.


John R. Lee, MD

So the great thing about Renewed Balance is you don't have to apply as much cream as you would with creams containing less progesterone and a jar will last as much as 50% longer then other creams.