Chemically Sensitive to ingredients in medicine

07.12.2021

Florida Eustis

“Chemically Sensitive to ingredients in medicine”

I have been using a compounding pharmacy for many years. I am sensitive to ingredients in capsules, fillers, binding agents etc. The compounding pharmacy knows which capsules I tolerate and can put the active ingredients in without the added ones that I have reactions to. I also use topical hormones and am able to bring in my own lotions and creams that have minimal ingredients for compounding.
Most recently I had a bad experience with Thyroid medication. I have been on Nature Thyroid for over 20 years and it was recalled. I tried two other natural thyroids and had horrible reactions to them. I realized they had dextrose in them which my body does not tolerate. (Whole body joint and muscle pain.) I am intolerant to multiple ingredients in the synthetic versions of thyroid. I was in a panic. My local pharmacy could not compound it because of the cost. My doctor tried calling the company to see if we could get emergency use while it was recalled. I started calling compounding pharmacies and thankfully Taylors Pharmacy in Winter Park was able to do it.
I am 62 years old and knocking on the door of age related health challenges. With my chemical sensitivities I react to just the side effects of simple medications like Dramamine and Preparation H. What am I going to do when my Doctors prescribe me a future necessary medication with ingredients I react to that could be easily compounded in a way that I can tolerate? For patients with chemical sensitivities and allergies compounding is medically necessary.

Hear their stories. Protect their own words. Protect their access to compounded medicines.

On this page, we can only touch on the data that demonstrates the importance of compounded medicines to the lives of millions of people in this country. While the decision to take this vital therapy from patients and physicians might be profitable for big pharmaceutical companies, it will be disastrous for the millions of patients that those same pharmaceutical companies cannot serve!

We encourage the appropriate committees in both the House and Senate to hold hearings on this critical issue.

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