I had started using hormone replacement therapy when I was f...

04.13.2021

Florida Dunedin

“I had started using hormone replacement therapy when I was f...”

I had started using hormone replacement therapy when I was forced into menopause in my early 30's, due to fibroid removal surgery in my uterus. I had tried different variations and forms of hormone replacement therapy to minimize my hot flashes, inability to concentrate, irritability, weight gain, etc. As I got older, I found the compounding pharmacy, with an astute pharmacist who was able to provide a more precise measured dose specially created for my needs, of each which includes: Bi-EST/Dehydroepiandroterone/Progesterone/Testosterone combined to provide the exact measure that I need in a troche form. In addition, I also utilize that same compounding pharmacy (and specific pharmacist), who creates the proper precise measure of Liothyronine/Levothtroxine in a slow release precise dosage capsule of the T3/T4 that I need to normalize my Hashimotos. This includes, hair loss, weight gain, and major fatigue- just to name a few of the symptoms I have been suffering. Both of these two compounded medications have provided me incredible positive relief of the negative symptoms I had been suffering and allows me to live a more productive and enhanced quality of life. I am a more positive, happy and productive individual, as a direct result of my ability to use these compounded medications created for my specific needs, by an excellent compounding pharmacist!

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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