The need for bioidentical compounded hormones is significant
Millions of women (and no small number of men) take compounded hormones to sustain a normal, active life. While hormonal imbalance is most commonly associated with perimenopause and menopause, the condition can affect women of all ages, transpersons and men as well. It manifests through a wide range of symptoms that, for many, can be devastating.
Learn more about the consequences of denying access to compounded hormones.
Read more about the people who rely on compounded hormones
In the debate about compounded hormones, people are the primary issue
The FDA-funded NASEM report wants to hold compounded hormones, customized to the needs of the patient, to the same process as those followed by drug manufacturers. That's a practical impossibility given the thousands of formulations needed to treat individual patients.
It avoids, almost willfully, any discussion of the patients who are served by this important therapy. Nowhere does it consider the first-hand experience of patients (or their physicians and pharmacists) who rely on this essential therapy. The report dismisses, almost out of hand, the idea that compounded hormones help millions of people live normally.
Listen to the first-hand stories of patients and prescribers who rely on compounded hormones. No other argument is more compelling.
I am not exaggerating when I talk about the difference cBHT has made in my life. Synthetic hormones are NOT the same, and the delicate hormone cascade knows the difference. Not only is your body affected by hormone disruption, but also your mind and your soul. An arbitrary committee can not understand the quality-of-life difference cBHT can make, without talking to patients, talking to prescribers."
Rhonda I. / Milwaukee, WI
The review that NASEM was expected but failed to do
While limited in scope, a new meta-analysis of patient outcomes reveals that compounded hormones provide real benefits to patients and also find that compounded hormones pose no increased risk compared to FDA-approved products.
As part of its commission, NASEM was to review the body of patient-outcome studies for compounded hormones. NASEM chose to ignore that data, instead selecting only 13 studies to include in its report, mostly featuring hormones that are not among the most commonly prescribed. (Studies that matched their predetermined outcome?)
This report, published in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, is exactly the kind of unbiased research that NASEM should have done but didn't.
"...compounded hormones provide real benefits to patients and finds that compounded hormones pose no increased risk compared to FDA-approved products."
Abundant patient data show that compounded bioidentical hormones work for millions of people
While it is impractical, if not impossible, to conduct the same kind of studies conducted on manufactured drugs on every formulation of a compounded medicine — there is abundant patient data that shows compounded hormones work for many, many patients.
The overwhelming consensus is that compounded hormones help millions of people live normally when other therapies failed.
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The facts matter more than ever
Read a third-party, independent analysis of the NASEM cBHT Report commissioned by the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation.
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Laura L. / Santa Ana, CA
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Dr. Jennifer P. / Mount Pleasant, SC
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Ken D / Carson, WA
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Invest today to protect access to compounded hormones.
When the FDA signaled that it might severely restrict access to compounded hormones, we launched a campaign to raise awareness among patients, doctors and, especially, members of Congress.
When you contribute to this campaign — you are protecting access to this life-changing therapy for millions of patients.
In their own words
Explore our interactive map that demonstrates the importance of compounded medicines to patients all across the country. Filter these first-hand accounts by state to see just how vital compounded medicines are.
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Our campaign to protect access to compounded hormones needs your support. We need your involvement. We need your voice. And, yes, we need your financial support as well.
