I am 73 years old and started compound hormones 6 years ago. I was not sleeping,  was agitated, and lacked energy. Both of my parents had osteoporosis and I had already been diagnosed with osteopenia at the age of 55 years and had been on prescriptions to address this but without success. Finally, after learning that the prescription for osteopenia was affecting my gums I decided to try the compounds. Since then, I have no longer been diagnosed with osteopenia and after a year of the compounds was taken off all medications to treat osteopenia. My bone mass has continued to improve each year. In addition, the recent cardiac scoring was zero. I firmly believe that is also attributed to hormones. So, in addition to aiding with the usual issues that are addressed by compounds, I have found the reduction in bone mass and cardiac scoring as exceptionally important in my overall health. In addition, I attribute my overall health improved with compound use. Although 73 years old I have the energy for exercise and have maintained a healthy weight with a good diet.

I have used bio-identical hormones for 2 years-- I get them from a compounding pharmacy, They are essential for my health as I was unable to tolerate the standard type of hormones.

I am a 58-year-old menopausal woman from Wisconsin. I have generally lived a healthy lifestyle and work as a Personal Trainer and Physical Therapist Assistant so my health and the health of others are extremely important to me. When I was a few months from turning 51 it seemed as if my brain and body stopped working and I was living in a shell of my body. The most horrible feeling I had ever felt. My health was under attack. I immediately showed up at my gynecologist and was tested to confirm that I was officially menopausal. During the first 2 months after I had 50-70 hot flashes per day at work which led to migraines lasting days and weeks and extreme exhaustion. I was put on bio-identicals: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone at my request due to my sensitivities to chemicals. Within 2 months my symptoms were getting under control. I also did more testing and had an MRI done on my brain and then the Cancer MD reported that I do not have any tumors or cancer that I had severe menopausal symptoms and I needed to be put on HRT and anti-depressants. The MD refused to discuss any other options. Migraines continued at a moderate pace even with the bio-identical however this did get better over time and now they are managed by OTC pain medicine. I currently get tests 1 x per year for my hormonal levels and living a normal life in which I am able to work and be a productive part of society and family life. Please do not take this option away from women. Menopause is a major physical and psychological and mental shift and women's bodies are sensitive in nature that needs supportive treatments. Even though I had a severe case I believe I made the right choice for the future of my health.

Please listen to us women who are benefiting from compounded hormone therapy. My provider is an expert in her field of medicine. The apothecary that makes my bio-identical hormones are also experts. I have been using their services for 20 years. I believe in the hormone therapy I receive because it works!
A great testimony is when my orthopedic surgeon told me that I have the bones of a much younger woman. He was unaware of my hormone replacement therapy.

Please do not take this service away from us. This is our choice and a huge benefit to a healthy life.

My treatment began in the late 1980s. I was too young to stop producing eggs. My treatment for PMS went until 2018 after my OBGYN retired from medical practice. The biggest benefit I received besides HRT is having healthy organs. HRT compounding is all that I am prescribed to take until now I’m a victim of “ceasing continued need for HRT” and going back to pre-menopausal condition would be detrimental to my overall health for good cause showing I need balance.

I started having multiple symptoms a few years after my partial hysterectomy which led my doctor to diagnose Hashimoto's and prescribe Bio-identical hormones and thyroid medications. I am so grateful to have these options since I actually suffer from a sensitivity to estrogen that causes my vaginal area to erode and bleed. Although I need estrogen, I can’t have it and need the bio-identical hormones of progesterone and testosterone instead. I don’t know what I will do without this option.

I have served the transgender and gender-diverse community as a primary care and hormone therapy provider for 10 years. Many of my patients depend on compounded injectable and topical hormones to provide an appropriate, bio-identical balance in their replacement without having to inject multiple products. Many others depend on compounding to provide hormones in a base that will not cause allergy. Without compounded medications, many people would not have access to progesterone due to peanut allergies, and cottonseed oil, the base in many injection hormones, is a common allergen as well. Compounded hormones also reduce costs overall for a community overburdened by poverty due to marginalization. This restriction on compounded hormones would be harmful to the trans and gender-diverse community, and significantly reduce access to care.

I am here to tell you the huge difference that the testosterone Cypionate I am on currently has made a difference in my life. First, I am a firefighter/paramedic for a city in Michigan that is very busy. Lack of sleep, crazy sleeping patterns, and job-related stress have all been clinically proven to severely drop testosterone in men, this is also true for police, EMS, and military personnel also.
Prior to taking testosterone I was coming home from duty and going to bed and not having the motivation to get housework done, projects done, workout, which was not normal for me. I saw my doctor, had blood labs done, and found my testosterone was below normal lab values. Since being on testosterone Cypionate all of those issues are gone! My quality of life is back! I feel better and back to living the life that I was before my testosterone dropped.
I know my story is not the only one. All one has to do is search youtube for hormone replacement therapy. It has made a huge difference in a lot of many people including myself.

I was sick for a long time after my hysterectomy, with chronic pain, fatigue, and depression. Since being on bio-identical HRT my life has greatly improved my life.

I was prescribed and took Bio-identical Hormone replacement therapy for menopause. I did not want to take traditional HRT as my aunt ended up with breast and bone cancer after taking traditional. I was not at all reluctant to try it, but I certainly was skeptical. I was amazed that I did not have one menopausal symptom during my entire course of the therapy. I have recommended it to many of my younger friends. It would be a shame if this awesome treatment was to not be available to other women.

Having had a total hysterectomy with ovaries and everything removed, at age 36, I took Premarin for 10 years. Afraid of the risks of cancer, I just stopped it and a wonderful nurse practitioner put me on Triest--a compounded bio-identical. It totally changed my life from having to use moisturizers because of dryness. Premarin did nothing for me.

I had bilateral ovarian cysts with torsion in my early thirties after having two children. Surgery to remove the cysts left me in early menopause. I researched the benefits of bio-identical hormone replacement and successfully began daily use of HRT, compounded from a trustworthy pharmacy. I have been able to maintain my quality of life for almost twenty years with the use of compounded hormone replacement therapy.

This hormone treatment saved my marriage and my life. I started full-blown menopause during COVID…anxiety, and heart palpitations were through the roof. I was crying all the time and I really thought I was crazy. Nothing helped. Doctors were unavailable and I suffered for a year. Patch didn't help, estrogen pills made me feel very strange, and I was still having joint pain, wasn't sleeping and had more than 20 hot flashes a day. THIS THERAPY SAVED MY LIFE!

Once I began applying compounded hormone creams the daily migraines went away, I lost weight (good loss) and I now have more energy. I have MTHFR and I had a total hysterectomy (appendix, cervix removed, and part of my bowels due to endometriosis at age 26). I have difficulty absorbing nutrients due to my health issues, and my hormones were non-existent until I started the compounded hormone creams. I do not take regular HRTs in the form of pills (equine estrogens) due to my delicate system and the potential risk of cardio issues due to the MTHFR I have. If compounded hormones are removed, I will have DAILY migraines, gain unwanted weight, and feel sluggish.

When I underwent treatment for a myriad of deficiencies, one was for low-T, requiring testosterone therapy. The only effective treatment for this required a compounded hormone prescription.

Once I started this therapy, my life dramatically improved. I will probably need this for the rest of my life. This is not a prescription I can just fill at any pharmacy--it must be made to my specific needs.

Please stand up for those you represent and not those corporations who stand to just make more millions on top of millions.

I suffer from menstrual migraines and after years of debilitating pain, I was prescribed bio-identical HRT and it has given me precious days back every month. Please don't take this away. Bio-identical progesterone cream has been a miracle for me!

Compounded Progesterone has helped my terrible insomnia while soothing both my gut and maddening urinary frequency. I tried regular oral progesterone pills but the additional ingredients upset my stomach. I now use compounded transdermal progesterone and I would be absolutely miserable without it. Please do nothing to change what compounding pharmacists can do.

In 2021, at 33 years old I developed autoimmune issues that affected my life in many ways but one of the worst ways was my natural testosterone production just halted. I couldn’t sleep. I gained weight that no diet or exercise could help me lose. I became moody and impatient and angry. My sex drive died and put even more strain on a rocky relationship. It wasn’t until I finally got prescribed compounded testosterone that I started to feel like myself again. I didn’t find myself having meltdowns over every small thing. I could sleep more than 3 hours. I could feel my body changing with the work I put in. I can’t live without my compounded testosterone. It helps me be the best version of myself I can be for my family.

I spent 2 years not moving, dead to the world. Doctors would not do anything! As in giving me a blood test or any kind of test to see what was going on. I finally spent the money to go to a functional doctor who had me take a hormone test. I was very low in all of my hormones. Taking compounded hormones gave me my life back!!!! Please please don’t make this any harder than it is already 🙏🏽