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prometrium ladies- tell me your dosage!

gallerygirlgallerygirl member
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I am taking 200 mg 3 times a day... I seem to think that is high and I am starting to have stiff muscles in my abdomen and lower back. I feel like everyone else only takes dosages 2 times a day... give me your feedback so I can call my MW this morning to ask about this... TIA!

edit: I am taking suppositories.

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  • melmel10melmel10
    I am taking 200 MG once a day, in the evening and an insert not a oral pill.
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  • Ruby_TuesdayRuby_Tuesday member
    Mine was the oral pill 200mg 2x per day.
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  • vera1127vera1127 member
    100 mg once per day
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  • chelseybellechelseybelle
    I only take 100 mg once a day suppository (at night)  I am also taking baby aspirin.  My doctor thought about upping my dose, but I have not had any issues (i.e. spotting) since they put me on it, so she kept me at this dosage.
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  • roxyrlhroxyrlh
    Mine was 100mg 2x per day. I thought this seem to make the most sense, then I could do one in the morning and one at night. I don't know how I would have done 3x per day.
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  • cladac17cladac17
    I did 200 mg 2x a day.  It was the oral pills but I inserted them vaginally since it's hard to find a pharmacy in my area that makes the actual suppositories.  GL
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  • Rachel&JoeRachel&Joe

    I took the same dosage you are taking (stopped at 12.5 weeks).  Honestly, I would not request a lower dosage.  My Dr. told me this was the maximum dosage he would recommend so I stuck with it the entire first tri.  I wanted to make sure I was doing absolutely everything I could to support the pregnancy.  For me, it definitely did the trick this time around.  I think for women that have had a few losses, Dr.s like to supplement progesterone to the max & I personally think it's great.

    As far as your stiff muscles, I don't think this is a side effect of the progesterone at all (I didn't have any side effects from the medication).  Anyways, as you get bigger, the muscle aches are going to get so much worse so get used to it!  :)

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  • WittyKittyKatWittyKittyKat
    I took the oral pills....started with 400mgs (2 pills) at night. Then at around 8 weeks they told me to just take one pill at night.  I did that until 13 weeks.
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  • gallerygirlgallerygirl member
    imageRachel&Joe:

    I took the same dosage you are taking (stopped at 12.5 weeks).  Honestly, I would not request a lower dosage.  My Dr. told me this was the maximum dosage he would recommend so I stuck with it the entire first tri.  I wanted to make sure I was doing absolutely everything I could to support the pregnancy.  For me, it definitely did the trick this time around.  I think for women that have had a few losses, Dr.s like to supplement progesterone to the max & I personally think it's great.

    As far as your stiff muscles, I don't think this is a side effect of the progesterone at all (I didn't have any side effects from the medication).  Anyways, as you get bigger, the muscle aches are going to get so much worse so get used to it!  :)

    Thanks... It is good to know that they may be giving me more since I had 2 losses. I don't mind taking them, last night I was literally in pain all around my abs, lower back and butt. I felt like I was on a stairmaster for several hours or something, but I had not been. I read that less than 10% get terrible stiffness as a se, so that is what I was worried about. I did feel a little better this morning and have started to take some tylenol to deal with the discomfort. 

    If they say that is okay/normal I am all about putting up with it if it means a healthy baby. I just feel disconnected from my dr since she prescribed them over the phone- I didn't really get a good idea except from on here what they were for or what to expect.  I called in just to confirm this was the correct dosage since everyone else seemed to be taking a lot less...

     Thanks!
    bfp #1 - 8/17/2008, natural m/c 8/25/2008, EDD 4/21/2009 bfp #2 - 10/6/2008, hb stopped at 7 w 3 d, d&e on 11/7/2008, EDD 6/19/2009 bfp #3- 3/14/2009.... stick, baby, stick!!!! (14 dpo - hcg 188, 16 dpo - hcg 421, 24 dpo - hcg 14,760!, 4/2 healthy HB of 130 bpm, 4/16 HB of 178 bpm!) bfp #4- 2/2/2011, EDD 10/17/2011 Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    BabyFruit Ticker a bfing, cding, wah momma Congrats to my buddies Tiffanylaw06, Jeny M & burghbaby!
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  • Jill_12/4/04Jill_12/4/04
    I am on 100mg 2x's a day.
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  • aksVAaksVA
    I take 100 mg once a day. ?I too felt disconnected from my dr - I never talked to her; just her nurse. ?And she said it was "my choice" if I wanted to try it since I have had just one m/c...
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