I know hormone therapy saved my life in many different ways! A year ago, I started Hormone Pellet Therapy along with supplements, Progesterone, and Thyroid medication. I was 40 pounds heavier! I had hit a wall and could not lose the weight! My knees were starting to fail on me and working a labor-intensive job as a custom picture framer at 59 years old I knew I had to find a solution! This treatment has boosted my attitude, and my energy and my family and friends have truly seen a huge change not only physically but mentally! I tell everyone about my progress with hormone therapy. It is Important for the health of women and men in the United States. I stand tall in this medical treatment and will always fight for hormone therapy and for my health! Because YES it has SAVED MY LIFE! Physical activities I do besides custom picture framing your memories is belly dancing class, weight-lifting class, and paddleboarding now at the age of 60 years old!

Compounding is a safe, non-invasive and smooth process for your body and mind.
I started 2 years before menopause and I didn't experience any symptoms like hot flashes, dry eyes, or mood changes. Now 7 years after I feel more energetic and focused.

I was unable to think and concentrate before I was able to get compounded testosterone. They no longer offered estradiol. Compounding is not the problem.

I had been going to my regular doctor for years and telling him that something was wrong and off. They kept telling me there was nothing wrong. I was tired all the time, not wanting to socialize, super unhappy with myself and life. I was yelling at my husband and kids constantly for no reason at the drop of a hat. My cycles were terribly painful and irregular. I found a new doctor that specializes in hormones. With the use of compounded hormones, I feel like I have my life back. I get much more restful sleep, I am no longer unhappy with myself and I don't snap at my family. My cycles are also so much better as I no longer have pain and am very regular.

I was getting perineal tearing, not with sex, just wiping in the bathroom! Between using a hormone cream vaginally, and taking a hormone troche, I no longer have to deal with this painful situation. Please don't limit pharmacists from using compounded products which help so many issues other drugs don't.

I have been taking bio-identical hormones for about 6 years. It has helped me tremendously as s woman navigate the ups and downs of my hormones through menopause. It would be devastating to see these compounding pharmacies go away. They serve a huge purpose to many patients!!

Menopause Misery. All of the characteristics women encounter during menopause were life for me. My days and nights were filled with lack of energy, fatigue, sleepless nights, severe hot flashes, and uncontrolled mood swings.

I've been on compounded bioidentical hormones for three years now and since beginning them, I have returned to feeling "normal", or like a human being. The first thing that changed after beginning them was my sleep, which went from being awake every two hours to a full night's rest. And then the hot flashes subsided, almost completely. My mood has turned from despair to hope again, and life is good instead of drudgery.

This therapy has been & continues to be life-changing for me.

I have a premenstrual dysphoric disorder. I have been treated with antidepressants, and birth control pills, and have been offered a complete hysterectomy. I have found relief in compounded progesterone. Instead of feeling unwell and unable to function, I feel like a normal human being. To remove the ability of women to have access to this compounded hormone would be unethical, negligent, and corrupt.

In 1998 I began Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, I was depressed, losing hair, and having menopause symptoms. The treatments have been effective and I would recommend compounded meds to anyone. Thanks for keeping the option available to women and men. 

After being diagnosed with hypothyroidism, I tried prescription drugs with little results. I started going to an MD who was more interested in health than sick care. Through several compounded formulas and lots of blood work, he prescribed the right one for me which was not a one size fits all. That was about nine years ago. I got my life back and no longer have the symptoms. Please do not stop the compounding pharmacies that have helped so many.

As a Lymes Disease patient who has hypothyroidism, I have to take thyroid medication to have energy and stay healthy. I’ve been on Levoxyl, Synthroid, and several other synthetic t3 and t4 medications and nothing worked for me to decrease my hypothyroid symptoms until I discovered natural desiccated thyroid. I have a lot of allergies and armor didn’t work for me but nature thyroid did until it was taken away. I now rely on a compounded natural desiccated thyroid that is made without allergens which have given me back my energy, vitality, and life. I’m afraid that without it my health will decline again and I will be at risk for heart disease, debilitating fatigue, and inflammation pain.

I’ve been using bio-identical hormones for 14 years and it was life-changing for me. I had hot flashes and body flushing that happened every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I could not sleep and it was affecting my work and my relationships. I would never go back. I will never use the synthetic version primarily because they must be broken down in the liver. The cream I use is absorbed through my skin sidestepping my liver. Better for my body.

After menopause I found that my libido had dropped significantly, my mood was down, and I had pain in my lady parts, caused by dryness, just from walking. All of these symptoms went away with my compounded hormones. I have been using these hormones for about 8 years. Why on earth would you vote to take these away from us, other than to harm us? Please defend our freedom.

I started taking compounded hormones when I went through menopause about 14 years ago. I felt the benefits immediately - greatly reduced mood swings, no more hot/cold flashes, increased muscle strength, and firmer skin. They are expensive, so I tried regular hormones for a while to see if I could save money. A few days after taking the "regular" hormones, I had to go off of them, because I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. I went back to compounded hormones and I'm still on them and will be for as long as I can. Quality of life is important. Don't take that away from me.

I am a 65-year-old female who has been using compounded HRT cream for 15 years. My entire health would change without my HRT cream which is designed just for me. Aging is hard enough, without my HRT cream I will be miserable. Thanks for listening.

I have been on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for 14 years. Before I started I was experiencing extreme fatigue, disrupted sleep, low sex drive ( which was negatively affecting my marriage), vaginal dryness, and brain fog. Bio-identical hormone replacement has dramatically increased my quality of life. If this is no longer available to me I will be devastated. I do hope that you realize the study that is being used to potentially take away bio-identical hormones from thousands of people is a poorly designed study. Just like the NIH-funded women’s health initiative. Please do not take away our quality of life-based on flawed data.

After my hysterectomy, my day-to-day life changed greatly. I went on with life not knowing that there was a solution. I was introduced to a lifesaver, my doctor almost a year later. She did a complete blood workup and found that all three sex hormones were out of whack. Since discovering my results, I have been fortunate enough to have access to a compounding pharmacy. The compounding pharmacy has been a Godsend for me as they provide me with "Critical" hormone replacement therapy (cBHT) in the form of a troche. Please take my story to heart and reconsider your choice to restrict cBHT! My need for cBHT is no different from a person with Diabetes or Epilepsy. Please don't take my ability to live a "normal" life with cBHT.
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I am so grateful for my compounding pharmacist from whom I get my bio-identical progesterone. I was diagnosed with a progesterone deficiency which has been affecting my menstrual cycle and my sleep. I suffer from insomnia and having my progesterone to take has helped me to get some much-needed sleep. I pray that Congress will fight to keep our bioidentical hormones available. Please protect our compounding pharmacists!!!

After years of weight gain, anxiety, depression, lack of sex drive, and just general malaise, I researched bio-identical hormone therapy on the advice of a friend. I contacted my doctor and had my first consultation. After in-depth blood work it was determined that several of my hormones and vitamins were completely out of sync. I chose to try pellet and hormone therapy and within 2 weeks I was a new person. I have continued doing the therapy for several years and my husband has now joined me and has experienced the same wonderful and positive results hearing that the FDA wants to ban this has frankly frightened me to death. I hope they will do their due diligence like I did and see that there are so many of us that rely on this amazing treatment to keep us healthy and balanced.