Compounded steroids mitigate relapse from multiple sclerosis

09.28.2021

North Carolina Chapel, NC

“Compounded steroids mitigate relapse from multiple sclerosis”

I am a distinguished professor at UNC School of Medicine and an MS patient. My disease began when I was only 20 and I suffered for many years until I discovered that my pregnant hormones and Vitamin D were severely deficient. Compounded hormone therapy has dramatically improved my health and allowed me to live a productive life, doing my research and teaching at UNC. In recent years, my group discovered that certain natural endogenous steroids have anti-inflammatory properties that target serious diseases of the brain caused by cytokines and chemokines. Our new work is leading to new treatments for long Covid, pain, depression, alcohol use disorders, and other inflammatory conditions. Natural steroids hold great promise in modern medicine and making them unavailable is akin to denying insulin to patients with diabetes. Stop special interests from usurping science to prop up pharmaceutical industry interests above service to humankind.

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.

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.