? re progesterone suppositories

[shortstuff]

If you are on suppositories for your progesterone, could you please tell me what brand you are on and what they look like? Also, what color is the coating? And how many mg is each one?

I'm about to run out of the ones I brought home from my clinic overseas and need my local dr to write me a new prescription. I filed a prescription for oral progesterone last week, but was just told that they are not good because your digestive system absorbs too much of it and not enough gets to your uterus. Is this true?
Thanks so much!

[bethkate]

I was on endometrin. I think it was 100mg, and they're white.

I've never been on oral progesterone, so I don't know about them not being as good.

[mrspotatohead91]

I take Prometrium I think it's 200 mg. They are Oval shaped and white.

[twinkie0612]

I took a compounded suppository (progesterone and estrogen), it was white. I also have prometrium prescribed by my RI, which I am taking for a week to induce my period after my cancelled transfer. They are yellowish oval capsules. Prometrium can also be taken vaginally.

[rainbowbridge14]

I have the generic prometrium, which is 200mg and pale yellow oval shaped capsules. I was directed to take them vaginally but I have heard they can be done orally too.

[lemonliz]

I have generic prometrium. It's kind of a small ovule that is white-yellow in color. I don't remember the dose exactly. FYI: it's an oral medication that REs use as a suppository. So the medication you may be looking for has the original intent to be taken orally.

[hrushka]

I've had two kinds:

- the generic prometrium, which is the yellowish capsule PPs have described (200mg)
- the compounded kind, which are wax-like and about the size/shape of a small ob tampon (I've had 50mg and 100mg)

I much prefer the prometrium. While I do get some neon yellow discharge, it's nothing like the messy oily leakage caused by the compounded supps.

[SweetieShellie]

I'm taking endometrin 3x a day 100mg (oval, white). Also taking 3 100mg pills of Prometrium orally before I go to bed, or else it knocks you out/makes you dizzy (its white and a shaped like a ball). No PIO shots for me.

Endometrin

Prometrium

Hope this helps

[SweetieShellie]

opps sorry the pics are so huge ... i dont know how to make them smaller ... didn't think they were soo big!

Edit: I figured it out!! Now they aren't soo massive!

[bandm14]

I do endometrin as well, the white oval-shaped suppositories. Mine came with applicators, too.

[tptbabe]

I use Prometrium now (and in the past) in 100mg capsules (am on 2 capsules, 2Xday) and it's a whitish-yellow round capsule with a seam that runs around the centre. (It is an oral med that can be taken vaginally as well.) I've also been on compounded progesterone, which is pure white and shaped like a bullet.

[shortstuff]

Thank you all so much! This is so helpful.

The bottom photo of the prometrium that SweetieShellie posted look exactly like the vaginal suppositories that I got overseas. They're so exact down to the fact that they are boxes of 30, 2 foil things of 15 each. According to google translate, the box says they are "oral" but I was very specifically instructed to use them vaginally.

rainbowbridge14, twinkie0612, lemonliz, hrushka & tptbabe - are these the ones that you are all referring to? This is what I filled last week. It's generic for prometrium. The instructions say oral. But when I squeeze them, they're a little soft, like my suppository balls.

[SweetieShellie]

The prometrium I used to use vaginally when I was doing IUIs so they can be used that way as well

[lemonliz]

Jan 30, 2015 18:41:08 GMT -5 shortstuff said:

Thank you all so much! This is so helpful.

The bottom photo of the prometrium that SweetieShellie posted look exactly like the vaginal suppositories that I got overseas. They're so exact down to the fact that they are boxes of 30, 2 foil things of 15 each. According to google translate, the box says they are "oral" but I was very specifically instructed to use them vaginally.

rainbowbridge14, twinkie0612, lemonliz, hrushka & tptbabe - are these the ones that you are all referring to? This is what I filled last week. It's generic for prometrium. The instructions say oral. But when I squeeze them, they're a little soft, like my suppository balls.

That's exactly what mine look like. You can take them orally or vaginally but my RE said vaginally.

[karenb676]

Thank you all so much! This is so helpful.

The bottom photo of the prometrium that SweetieShellie posted look exactly like the vaginal suppositories that I got overseas. They're so exact down to the fact that they are boxes of 30, 2 foil things of 15 each. According to google translate, the box says they are "oral" but I was very specifically instructed to use them vaginally.

rainbowbridge14, twinkie0612, lemonliz, hrushka & tptbabe - are these the ones that you are all referring to? This is what I filled last week. It's generic for prometrium. The instructions say oral. But when I squeeze them, they're a little soft, like my suppository balls.

That's exactly what mine look like. You can take them orally or vaginally but my RE said vaginally.<br/>

Mine look like this too, little yellow balls.

[rainbowbridge14]

Jan 30, 2015 18:41:08 GMT -5 shortstuff said:

Thank you all so much! This is so helpful.

The bottom photo of the prometrium that SweetieShellie posted look exactly like the vaginal suppositories that I got overseas. They're so exact down to the fact that they are boxes of 30, 2 foil things of 15 each. According to google translate, the box says they are "oral" but I was very specifically instructed to use them vaginally.

rainbowbridge14, twinkie0612, lemonliz, hrushka & tptbabe - are these the ones that you are all referring to? This is what I filled last week. It's generic for prometrium. The instructions say oral. But when I squeeze them, they're a little soft, like my suppository balls.

Yep thats them. 

[shortstuff]

Thank you everyone!!!! You guys are awesome!

[hrushka]

Jan 30, 2015 18:41:08 GMT -5 shortstuff said:

Thank you all so much! This is so helpful.

The bottom photo of the prometrium that SweetieShellie posted look exactly like the vaginal suppositories that I got overseas. They're so exact down to the fact that they are boxes of 30, 2 foil things of 15 each. According to google translate, the box says they are "oral" but I was very specifically instructed to use them vaginally.

rainbowbridge14, twinkie0612, lemonliz, hrushka & tptbabe - are these the ones that you are all referring to? This is what I filled last week. It's generic for prometrium. The instructions say oral. But when I squeeze them, they're a little soft, like my suppository balls.

Those are the ones!

[lovegrilledcheese]

I will be starting Endometrin (vaginally) tomorrow night. I will be taking them 3x a day.

[vballbaby]

I do the 8% Crinone gel. It's really like a white cream and I use an applicator to insert 2x a day. It's gross...DH is only a little bit of a germ freak and I'm afraid for him to experience any of the mess coming out of me, sorry TMI but it's the damn truth so no BD for me. You actually have to clean yourself out daily in the shower.... I wish I could take a freakin pill instead!

[tptbabe]

shortstuff, my Prometrium looks different (exactly the ones that SweetieShellie has) but it could be different in different countries (we're in Canada).

[kbrooke06]

Im jealous of the pills! I just filled my prescription for progesterone and have to do IM shots. For 6 days. So dreading that to start!

[emmuffy]

My prometrium also looks different (rounder, no lettering). We're in canada too, so I suppose it could be different here

[maddychan]

I'm on Endometrin 100 mg 2x/day. One in am and one in on. It's white oval with an applicator which is nice. Then I'm on 2-200mg of Prometrium (light yellow oval capsules) each night taken vaginally. No applicator for that one. And yes, you will have stuff coming out of you. It's gross!