Pregnenolone 10mg

What is it?

Pregnenolone (preg-nen-o-lone) is a pre-hormone that is synthesized primarily by the adrenal glands. Pregnenolone has a minimal direct effect on the tissue itself, although it helps produce other hormones that do. Pregnenolone acts as a “mother” hormone to more than 50 additional adrenal hormones! Pregnenolone is the first hormone the adrenals create from cholesterol when the body is triggered by stress. Through a cascade of enzymatic action, Pregnenolone is then converted into more active hormones, such as cortisol, DHEA, aldosterone, progesterone, etc.

What does it do?

Pregnenolone has been used experimentally for memory enhancement, improved stress tolerance, decreasing fatigue and increasing energy, muscle strength, and stamina, help with depression and anxiety, and more. Because it acts as a prohormone, Pregnenolone can also support low levels of all the sex hormones: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Pregnenolone production, like that of many steroid hormones, declines with age; by the time we’re 75 years old, we produce less than half of what we did at age 35. It will often be prescribed to patients with low-normal levels of these hormones if they also have symptoms such as PMS, menopause, sexual dysfunction, and low libido.