It helped to reduce hot flashes and night sweats.

I am unable to take any drugs as they cause me to have diarrhea, insomnia and depression. I find that when taking the hormone cream it helps my stress level. I hope I can continue having access to this hormone.

As a compounding pharmacist with over twenty years experience dispensing cBHT, it is absolutely essential in the lives of our patients. Being able to taper these chemicals to appropriate levels for each individual, is the only way to improve symptoms and positively impact the long term care concerns of each patient.

I have been using BHRT for over a year now and have my mental clarity and energy back after years of dealing with cancer and autoimmunity. I have also experienced healing of the gut, as I got to the point where I could not eat much of anything without pain. Now I can eat again without discomfort and pain. I pray the choice to stay in this place of optimal health is not taken away from me.

I was in bad health, my memory was bad, and so was my mood. I felt so bad. After 60 days on the hormone creams I felt like a new person. No side effects. I am feeling great.

I am a 59 year old family physician who has struggled with perimenopause and menopause for the past 15 years at least and finally found much needed relief in the form of a cBHT troche from a locally owned compounding pharmacy in my town. I had failed OCPs in a variety of doses, traditional hormone replacement tablets, cBHT creams, and even HT injections. I slept poorly, had poor energy, night sweats, brain fog, low libido, and my mood wasn't that great. All of this certainly made it difficult to be my best self in order to see and care for patients every day. This troche has so improved the quality of my daily life and work- I cannot imagine life without it now! Also of note is that I now refer many female patients for testing for cBHT. Most often they return to thank me because they feel so much better and are more effective in all they do. I cannot imagine going back to a time in this country when half the population can't have access to their essential medications and supplements.

I tried Big Pharma gels and shots for years and was very unsatisfied with the results. My levels were either too high or too low until i started using bioidentical injections from a Specialty Compounding Pharmacy. Please keep this option open to those in need.

I went to my doctor complaining that I just had no interest in life anymore, no sex drive (my poor husband), and that I just didn't feel like myself. I can complain with the best of them but I was usually upbeat and saw the humor in most situations. Over time, I quit laughing, became despondent and saw nothing positive in my life. My doctor took her time adjusting my hormones until we reached the current cream. I love my compounding pharmacist and am so glad to be able to talk to a Ph.D. in pharmacy if I have a question, rather than someone who has simply learned what drug companies tell them about the drugs they dispense. I feel like me again. I would love to not be paying out of pocket, but the pharmaceutical companies have lobbied their way into our current situation. If my insurance company had its way, I could not even get NP Thyroid or Armour Thyroid, when my problem is related to my inability to convert the hormones to T3, not that my TPH is low. TPH has always been fine, but 10 years ago my doctor dug deeper and found out that I had NO T3. I have had to pay out of pocket ever since because not a single one of the four insurance companies which have provided my coverage since would cover anything but Synthroid. I do not believe there is a one-size fits all approach to medicine. I do believe that medical schools and government regulatory bodies are trying to force us to believe that there is. I also believe that preservatives, genetic modification, and processing of foods have led to a health crisis in this country no one truly understands because the companies who can pay for lobbyists bombard our elected representatives with their side of things in order to defeat other voices, and preserve the companies' profits. Please think about this, if for no other reason than the fact that if we truly have a free market in this country, consumers should be able to make the choice between supporting drug companies with drugs which do not work for them, and obtaining compounded drugs, which do. And while you are it, we need regulations that prohibit insurance companies from covering only drugs made by large pharmaceutical companies, which is what is happening now.

I am 51 years old and have only been using creams for about two years! I can feel a huge difference in how I feel since starting Progesterone, DHEA, and Testerone. I am not as tired and I sleep better at night. This is huge especially since I am currently taking care of my two grandchildren and one being special needs. I am not one to take drugs so this natural replacement has been great.

I have been taking bioidentical hormone therapy for 15 years. It completely changed my life for better! After menopause I had night sweats, skin crawling, heart palpitations, hair thinning, anxiety, and irritability! I just did not feel like myself. I had my salvia tested and started taking my hormone therapy. I wanted to take just what my body was lacking. I feel like a different person! Again it changed my life! Bioidentical therapy is what I needed!

Prior to therapy, I would have have periods of excessive sweating for hours, day and night; hot flashes so severe that I would have to have a fan on me and I had to wear all dry fit fabric clothing. My quality of sleep has also improved tremendously.

I have used cBHT upwards of ten years now. It has been life changing. I do not want to see my compound therapy limited in any way.

I have been fortunate to have the support and guidance through Pitt St Pharmacy in providing me with helpful information on hormone replacement. The creams that have been specifically compounded for me have been a great fit and improved my life considerably. I am very much opposed to the FDA changing the policy on the ability to have this life changing individualized treatment.

Bioidentical hormones have given me a better life. It helped me keep me my weight down, it helps my memory, it helps my sleep rhythm, it keeps my period regular and it helps almost all aspects of my physical well-being. I never wanted to use birth control to control my hormones. These natural hormones have always been a perfect fit.

I have used cBHT for over 15 years to help minimize the painful effects of endometriosis. Without the use of cBHT I will need surgery for the endometriosis. I am requesting the FDA to end their assault on meds that help ease pain.

I have tried several different types of over the counter and prescribed medicine along with several doses of these medicines. All with horrible side effects. When my doctor suggested to try a compound medication, I was leery but willing to try anything at this time. Low and behold, after a few different compounded mixtures we found my life changing, back to normal, and quality of life compound hormone therapy that works great!

I started out many years ago using Estrace cream, due to vaginal dryness. Using a coupon through Estrace, I got it for $10 a tube. Then when I used Medicare they denied Estrace cream and only offered Estradiol cream; cost right at $140/tube. Right after I was diagnosed with Lichens Sclerous disease and noticed the Estradiol cream caused added irritation to this disease. My OBGYN suggested using a compounded estradiol formula, it only has estradiol and vanicream as a additive in it. Whereas, prescription estradiol has multiple additives. Since going on the the compounded estradiol my quality of life went up tremendously. No added irritation to the complications of Lichen Sclerous and it has saved me so much in prescription cost. This has been a true blessing since I am on a fixed income. I pray they do not take the compounding option away.

At the age of 55 I had my uterus removed after months of heavy bleeding. My doctor told me afterward that I only needed estrogen, but about five years later, I luckily learned that I also need progesterone and testosterone, and they should come from a compounding pharmacy. It's been at least 10 years since I started a combination of all three hormones, and there is no way I could really articulate how they have helped me. The estradiol helps my skin, the progesterone helps my brain, helps me sleep, and prevents migraines, and the testosterone helps me feel better, happier, interested in the opposite sex. It is my understanding that the drug industry's hormones cause more cancer and heart disease. Why would anyone take them? Also, I am soon to begin taking a compounded thyroid capsule, similar to the pill I take now, but in a purer form and it will be time released, which is perfect! Thank you for the opportunity to say a little about these compounded hormones. I want all women to know about them.

After a failed spinal surgery, I began taking blood panels every six months to monitor my liver for any unintended consequences from the drugs I was put on. I had been feeling very tired, couldn't sleep, and had no sex drive, so I asked my physician to add anything to my panel he could to help me. We found out my body was making so little testosterone it was below the acceptable levels almost disappearing. No pharmacy had any pills that could address this low level issue so I went to cBHT and my levels came back to normal and it helped a stressed body tremendously. Pills aren't the answer to everything. EVERYONE'S body metabolizes drugs differently regardless of the DEA and FDA's extensive knowledge and opinions that one size fits all. A first year med student knows this.