What Is Megestrol?

Progesterone, also known as progesterone hormone, progesterone hormone, is the main biologically active progesterone secreted by the ovaries. Before ovulation, the progesterone hormone produced every day is 2-3mg, mainly from the ovaries.

Progesterone of ureteral stones can generally relax and expand the smooth muscles of the urinary system and expand the inner diameter. It can also promote the excretion of sodium and chlorine and diuretic by fighting aldosterone. The method is intramuscular injection of 20 mg progesterone twice daily for 14 consecutive days as a course of treatment. Patients need to drink plenty of water and exercise more to facilitate the discharge of stones. If the ureteral calculi are within 0.6-1 cm, this method has a better effect, and the success rate is very high.

Renal colic injection of progesterone can relax ureteral smooth muscles, slow down the frequency of peristalsis and the painful impulse of the afferent fibers of the sympathetic nerve, and make the stones excrete, which has a good and lasting analgesic effect on various renal colic. Some people recommend progesterone as the drug of choice for the treatment of renal colic, which is characterized by rapid pain relief.

Chronic respiratory failure intramuscular injection of progesterone 10-20 mg, once a day or 2-3 times a week, can significantly improve the symptoms of patients with chronic respiratory failure. This is because progesterone has respiratory excitability and can improve the low ventilation response caused by carbon dioxide stimulation, so it can be used for chronic respiratory failure.

Male periodic psychosis is currently believed to be related to dysfunction of the mesencephalon-pituitary-vegetative nerve-gonad. Progesterone inhibits pituitary secretion, promotes hormones, and maintains endocrine balance. It is applicable to male periodic psychosis that is ineffective with multiple drugs. 20 mg of progesterone was injected intramuscularly 10 days before the onset of symptoms for 5 consecutive days, and 100 mg of chlorpromazine was used daily. After the symptoms did not reappear, the above treatment was repeated every 25 days, that is, 10 days before the onset of symptoms, for six months.

Liver cirrhosis ascites progesterone is a steroid hormone, which produces a diuretic effect by resisting aldosterone, which increases urine output and decreases ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis. Intramuscular progesterone 40-60 mg, once a day, continuous use for 1-2 weeks.

Cholecystitis intramuscular injection of progesterone 20 mg twice a day with antibiotics, hormones, etc., 6 days as a course of treatment, the effective rate is 94%.

Diabetic progesterone lowers blood sugar by inhibiting growth hormone secretion. Adult diabetic patients with blood glucose greater than 170 mg, intramuscular progesterone or oral progesterone 4 mg, 3 times a day, so that blood glucose is well controlled.

Patients with sleep apnea syndrome have a significant decrease in blood oxygen saturation with apnea. Progesterone can strengthen breathing, improve alveolar function, and increase carbon dioxide ventilation response and load compensation response. Usage is intramuscular injection of progesterone 20-40 mg, once a day.

Menstrual Asthma More than 30% of women with asthma develop exacerbations during premenstrual periods, and most of them have a moderate decrease in maximum respiratory volume. Patients with severe premenstrual asthma who have failed conventional treatment, receive 100 mg of progesterone intramuscularly once daily. ^[1]