I had surgical menopause in my 40's because of tumors in my womb and ovaries. The Big Pharma hormone replacement pills I was prescribed made me feel like a stick of wood, so I stopped taking them and put up with nonstop hot flashes and little energy. Finally I learned of compounded bioidentical hormones, and a holistic doctor who provides me with a tailored Rx for a compounding pharmacy, and I have used the pills nonstop. I am now 72 years old and have no gray hair, am at a slender weight, walk about two miles a day, and spend a lot of time helping other people. Without these compounded bioidentical hormones my life would be very different in a vastly negative way.