I am post-menopausal, age 57. I had a hysterectomy at age 42 and a thyroidectomy at age 50. My life was a mess. My body could not make the hormones I needed. I was tired and depressed and having intercourse with my husband was extremely painful. I would often bleed afterwards. Compounding hormones completely changed my life and my husband and I finally have an absolutely wonderful, enjoyable sex life. Please do not take this option away from me! I cannot imagine going back to how things used to be.

I was having so many issues with the way I was feeling that I was thinking it was normal and I had to deal with it. Talking to the other women that have received hormonal therapy I heard all the great things that helped them so I was willing to try it and wow what a difference it made in my life sexual, mental, and physical life. My personality came back and I was myself again. I don't have a lot of money. I save up to get this hormonal therapy because to me, it's worth it to save to make myself feel better. I had been to so many different OBGYNs and told them all the different issues I was having. Not once did they ever check my hormones or do my blood work like Dr. Sherrock did for me. I'm so thankful he did because then it made sense why I was feeling the way I did. Hormonal therapy is great. I recommend it to a lot of women because they felt like there was no way out, but there is. You just have to find the right doctor and to be able to get this hormonal treatment. So please don't take this away from us. I just found it and am doing my treatments and feeling better. For both men and women. We all need this.

I had four hernia operations that resulted in the removal of one testicle. 15 years later, I starteed feeling severely run down and couldn't function. A test concluded that I had severe testosterone deficiency. I started taking hormone cream and it has totally restored my energy and motivation and helped me become successful again. The only reason for denying treatment would be to suppress people from being all that they can be!

I had a full hysterectomy and almost a year later, I started experiencing severe heart palpitations. I had been to see my doctor a lot over the next year. They assumed I had a heart condition or anxiety. I was put on several different medications to help with this, but nothing worked. I even wore a heart monitor for a month 24/7. I was a mess! I finally made an appointment with an OBGYN. She did bloodwork and found out my progesterone levels were so low they did not register. She put me on 100 mg of the progesterone pill. This was in August and the pill did not digest well with me. My stomach was not adapting to this at all. She then gave to the option to try the compounded hormone therapy. I was a little hesitate to try but I had to do something severe insomnia had set in, sleeping only maybe two hours a night if I was lucky. She referred me to the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy #1065. There I met Dan Karant. This man saved my life. He educated me on the compounded hormone therapy. I called him several times and he always took the time to explain everything to me. I came into the pharmacy before hours so he could educate me on the cream and the correct way to use it. After a month or so I started sleeping better and my heart was not racing anymore. Please do not take this medication away from me. I am sure there are a lot of women out there who could benefit from this too.

A year after my hysterectomy at age 38, my sex life became greatly affected. Things happened to my body that I did not expect. Vaginal dryness was my biggest complaint and nothing over the counter helped. Only through compounded hormone replacement therapy have we gotten our normal sex life back. But it has also helped my thyroid issues, mood issues, low libido, joint pain and frequent headaches. All have been greatly improved with CHRT, or cBHT. My husband is now even a patient! Testosterone cream has helped with his mild ED issues and seems to even improve his moods.

I am a woman who has struggled with a vaginal problem for 35 years. I have made use of a compound hormone therapy for half that time and it has given me a good amount of relief from my problem. It has changed my life. I am so glad I found this type of pharmacy.

I had successfully used cBHT for post-menopausal issues, including bone density loss, memory loss, very low muscle mass retention, and for depression/mood. The low doses I was on seemed to even out my life. My insurance stopped covering cBHT, so I tried other prescription alternatives instead of paying the $150 + for my usual meds. My marriage almost fell apart because of the physical and emotional roller coaster these different meds put me on. I am 61 years old. I started post-menopausal bleeding daily, I had low abdominal cramps and my breasts were terribly swollen and sore. I felt mildly depressed and anxious all the time. My blood levels came back as normal. This lasted for four months! I finally went back on the compounded meds and my life is back to normal. Fortunately, my insurance consortium was able to override my insurance and cover my compounded medications. What a disaster that could have been!

I wanted something that was as close to all natural as possible and this was it. I felt like I was going crazy. I couldn't focus, had aches and pains from Endometriosis, night sweats, irregular periods, irritable, stressed, hair falling out, and much more. Now I feel I am back to my normal self. It is not right for the FDA to remove these meds. I can't always take prescriptions and I have had no problems with these.

When I went to my doctor five years ago and told him I felt like an 80 year old woman, (I was still in my 50's), he ordered bloodwork to assess my hormone levels as well as other key blood components. I was greatly lacking in so many of them and also diagnosed with osteopenia. After one year on HRT with regular adjustments of my compounded hormones, I was feeling so much better! Now my DEXA bone scans are also showing improvement in bone density to where I am almost back to normal, healthy range. I have recommended several friends for this and all have been thrilled with the results and the medical conditions it has successfully addressed. Please allow compounded medications to be continued. I can't imagine why this would be withheld from so many that it has helped.

I had serious side effects from premarin, made from pregnant horse urine. I had almost constant debilitating migraines. Even before my hysterectomy, prempro- pregnant horse urine with provera, massive bleeding and almost constant debilitating migraines. I had to wear a tampon, maternity pad and pad the bed and the seat of my car. The blood would run down my leg. Provera should be outlawed. I also have osteopenia and cannot tolerate the osteoporosis meds. Compounded hormones gave me my life back, 100% normal me again. Bioidentical to my body. No more migraines. I don't have to worry about getting cancer as a side effect. I can take this medication until the day I die for my osteopenia to try and prevent osteoporosis without the terrible side effects of those other medications. I cannot begin to even explain my relief when my doctor started me on the compounded hormones. I'm a nurse, I did my homework, research. Not only is premarin not good for women, look it up online. It is inhumane and abusive to the horses too. I suffered before I was on compounded hormones. The thought of losing them infuriates me. I know where it's coming from. There are plenty of women who have no side effects from the premarin but there should be compounded hormones on the market for those of us who can't tolerate it.

Because of low testosterone, I have low bone density. I was first prescribed Androgel and it cost $700.00 a month. I can't afford that. The compounded testosterone costs $58.00 a month. My bone density is improving. This makes me worry that the FDA is favoring large drug manufacturers.

I have been taking the bioidentical hormones for at least five years now. Within a week, I had no more hot flashes. I was insulin resistant and not able to lose weight. It helped balance me, gave me more energy, and helped my libido. I feel much better.

I am a 27 year registered nurse, working for Cleveland Clinic for the past 10 years. I was entering into menopause three years ago and had horrible hot flashes/sweats and my insomnia was decreasing my quality of life, as well. I worked with my family doctor who had me try many medications to help my sleep and nothing worked. My family doctor, Dr. Jordan Garrison at Cleveland Clinic, who is an MD and DO, strongly supports the effectiveness of cBHT compounded hormone therapy and promotes that this is far safer than taking hormone pills. Within one week of starting Progesterone and estrogen topical hormone creams, my hot flashes went away and I finally started to sleep, without insomnia. I have been on hormone creams for three years and my quality of life is dramatically improved with them. Minimal to no hot flashes, good sleep without insomnia and I am able to remain intimate with my husband without vaginal dryness. My risks of heart disease are far lower with the creams, than taking hormone pills. My doctor and I strongly support the safe use of cBHT and this is safely compounded by my pharmacist, Dan Karant who has been compounding hormone creams for patients for at least 15-20 years. These creams need to stay on the market, via prescription with my doctor and pharmacist, to provide safe symptom relief for many menopausal women like me. Please do not ban the effective treatment of these hormone creams.

I have restored my muscle strength, along with better balance. My sleep is more restful. And my libido has been restored. Testosterone has greatly improved my quality of life.

When I was premenopausal, I read up on bioidentical hormones versus premarin. I talked to my OBGYN about this and he shot me down big time and told me not to believe everything I read. I never went back and found an OBGYN that was open to bioidentical. I have been using for years. I take three different kinds, and pay 100 percent for it, although I have good health coverage, it does not cover the cost. Please do not take my right away to use this.

cBHT has balanced me physically and emotionally after total hysterectomy. Noncompounded hormone therapy gave me bad side effects.

Compounded BHRT changed my life drastically for the better. In the span of a few years between 2014 and 2017, I needed a hysterectomy and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I was depressed and physically tired and in pain all the time. I cried every day. I was put on Cymbalta and later Lexapro. They both stopped my crying but made me feel mentally numb and didn't do too much else. Everything still hurt. I found a doctor willing to test my hormone levels and treat what was really wrong with me. My hormones were completely out of balance. We started with very low doses and titrated up slowly to get my blood levels in normal ranges and my symptoms corrected. In addition to the compounded hormones, I started low dose naltrexone. With my hormones balanced my depression went away, my sex drive came back, I started sleeping better and in combination with LDN my pain decreased drastically and my fibromyalgia flares stopped. My compounded therapy makes me feel the best I can. The compounded bioidentical hormone therapy fixed and continues to fix the root of everything that was wrong. DO NOT TAKE IT AWAY! Commercially available products cannot take their place and cannot be tailored to my specific dosage needs.

I have an autoimmune disease and a genetic neuro disease that affects the autonomic nervous system. Menopause and lack of natural hormones were a shock to my system, and caused a myriad of severe medical issues. I also have many allergies to fillers typically used in medications. My GYN prescribed FDA approved estrogen and progesterone therapy, one of which put me into tachycardia for 12 hours. A friend referred me to a compounding pharmacy, and I've been successfully able to use bioidentical estrogen and progesterone for eight years. Without the availability of these compounds, mixed especially for my sensitivities and allergies, physical and mental decline would be severe for me. Without hormone replacement, I suffer with cognitive impairment (word finding difficulty, memory loss), increased joint and muscle pain, frequent UTIs and yeast infections, urinary incontinence, depression, skin breakdown, migraines and visual changes. My doctors tell me that bone and muscle loss, insulin resistance, cardiac issues and impaired cognitive function would likely also be added to this list. I am followed closely by my doctor and compounding pharmacist, who work together to provide what is best for my individual needs. Please consider that all women are very different, and especially when dealing with hormones, which affect every system in the body, compounding options are the difference between growing older at a young age (I'm only 54!) or enjoying a good quality of life well into senior years. It's imperative that we have the option of this individual care.

I stopped having hot flashes. That has been a great help!