27 December 1997

To: AIM International, Inc. 

    and all distributors of Renewed Balance
	
	
	
From: John R. Lee, MD



In my book, What 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 750 mg/ounce, or approximately 50% 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 1/5 of a jar.



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

exactly 1/4 of a jar of Renewed Balance. Thus, each jar would last for 4

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