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Description	English: Levels of progesterone (ng/mL) following a single dose of 100 mg oral micronized progesterone (Prometrium) or 90 mg vaginal micronized progesterone (Crinone 8%) determined with radioimmunoassay (RIA) or liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) in postmenopausal women. This graph demonstrates the unreliability of RIA as a method for measuring levels of progesterone when progesterone is administered by the oral route. Source of the values: (March 2000). "Comparison of the pharmacokinetics of crinone 8% administered vaginally versus Prometrium administered orally in postmenopausal women(3)". Fertil. Steril. 73 (3): 516–21. DOI : 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00553-1 . PMID 10689005 . These values are also displayed in this subsequent review: (August 2013). "Progesterone--promoter or inhibitor of breast cancer". Climacteric 16 Suppl 1 : 54–68. DOI : 10.3109/13697137.2013.768806 . PMID 23336704 .
Date	7 August 2018
Source	Own work
Author	Medgirl131

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