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In the United States, millions of people depend on compounded medicines to live normal, productive, healthy lives. Their first-hand stories speak directly to the power of this important therapy. As the FDA considers removing access to certain medicines like compounded hormones, their voices must be part of the conversation.

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Lynette P.
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“I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50.”

Jan P.
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“Being able to get natural hormones”

Ronnie R
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“Menopause symptoms eased with compounded hormones”

Gala B.
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“My quality of life is drastically improved”

Holly M.
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“cBHT has changed my life so much!”

B G.
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“I have been helped immensely by cBHT.”

Jan R.
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“The Bio-identical hormones have helped”

Kathy B.
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“Quality of life 300% better on compounded hormone therapy”

Melissa B.
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“Bio identical hormones saved me mentally and physically!”

Julie H.
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“Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body.”

Joyce B.
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“No more UTIs”

Athena L.
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“Amazing and Life Restoring!”

Joyce S.
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“I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child”

Rina R.
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“Return to Normalcy and Productivity.”

Laura J.
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“Custom Compounds Are Best”

Martha W.
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“Love The Compounds”

Kasia H.
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“Multiple Sclerosis”

Laurene R.
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“I Need This Plan”

Connie H.
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“Life is More Comfortable”

Dennis S.
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“Pills no longer work!”

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06.04.2021
Lynette P.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50.”

I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50. My quality of life had started to decline from there. I had seen three different doctors explaining my symptoms and told them it all started after I stopped having a menstrual cycle. One of the doctors was an OBGYN. I was prescribed more pharmaceutical medications then I could list in this testimonial and wasn't getting any better. I started seeing a new doctor about a year ago. He was the only one that did lab work to test my hormone levels. I should mention that at one point I had even asked one of the other doctors to run those labs and they dismissed my request and just handed out more pills; many of those being antidepressants. My issues were not from depression. I was feeling depressed because I wasn't feeling well and no one was helping me. When my test results came back it was showing that things were so out of balance it was a miracle I was even functioning at any level. Since then I have been receiving Hormone Therapy in the form of a compounded vaginal cream. It has been a long journey and I have need the doses adjusted several times. My dose can be adjusted by a lot or maybe the very slightest but it's all taken care of with a phone call from my doctor. I am devastated to think that this form of treatment maybe taken from me. Please don't let that happen, keep people like myself who have suffered and lost years of our lives in mind before make this decision. Thank You for your time and listening to my story.
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06.04.2021
Jan P.
Colorado Castle Rock

“Being able to get natural hormones”

Being able to get natural hormones that are easily adjustable to my needs (rather than prescribed doses that are not alterable) has made my hormone therapy successful, whereas I have friends who did not go this route and did not tolerate the hormones well, possibly because the dosages were not correct. Also, many of my friends have osteoporosis, and I only have signs of mild osteopenia.
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06.04.2021
Ronnie R
South Carolina Varnville

“Menopause symptoms eased with compounded hormones”

I had the “normal” menopause symptoms that everyone hears about. What you may not have heard is that those symptoms and the drop in hormones can also contribute to depression, which was true in my case. Compounding hormones have given me relief from my symptoms but they’ve also given me relief from depression and that gives me hope!
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06.04.2021
Gala B.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“My quality of life is drastically improved”

My quality of life is drastically improved with this compound script & nothing else I have tried is able to compare.
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06.04.2021
Holly M.
Ohio West Chester

“cBHT has changed my life so much!”

Everyone deserves a quality of life and without cBHT that is not possible for me. I needed a natural way to best relieve my hormone imbalance symptoms that I have been suffering from. I can not express enough the agony of the many debilitating things I have gone through like brain fog, hot flashes, joint pain, anxiety and feeling tired all the time. For a while I felt like I was in someone else's body just trying to make it through each day. No one should have to live this way as you get older. I recently received my first therapy treatment which has significantly improved my life so much! The energy and motivation to take on the day without joint pain and constantly being tired has been incredible. cBHT is such an important treatment for so many other people too and I hope that our governing officials see how much these treatments are essential to living a fulfilling life.
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06.04.2021
B G.
South Dakota Brandon

“I have been helped immensely by cBHT.”

CBHT has helped me with my perimenopause symptoms, and, now, post hysterectomy. They have improved my quality of life, my marriage and sex life, my sleep and my health overall.
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06.04.2021
Jan R.
California Kentfield

“The Bio-identical hormones have helped”

The Bio-identical hormones have helped my hot flashes disappear, helped my energy and restored my mental even tempered attitude.
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06.04.2021
Kathy B.
Georgia Atlanta

“Quality of life 300% better on compounded hormone therapy”

58 y.o.female status post-op vaginal hysterectomy and BSO on BHRT for over 15 years. Research shows these bioidentical hormones are safe and effective and actually reduce the risks of breast cancer and other risks associated with the synthetic hormones being pushed by the FDA if properly prescribed. The FDA's main purpose is to protect the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies producing the unhealthy synthetic hormones. They are using the 2002 Womens Health Initiative Study as evidence, while that study only looked at Premarin and Prempro. It showed many increased risks and should have caused the FDA to remove those products from the market. Instead, the are supporting Pfizer's bottom line for producing dangerous drugs.
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06.04.2021
Melissa B.
Colorado Colorado Springs

“Bio identical hormones saved me mentally and physically!”

When I got the note that the FDA possibly wants to take away bio identical hormone therapy I literally had a panic attack and broke out in tears! I was on synthetic hormones for years and it caused me to have a hysterectomy and almost all of my hair eventually fell out! This was so devastating to my self-esteem and I never wanted to hang out with my friends let alone look in the mirror every day. After working with a naturopath who understands progesterone versus progestins and the harsh effects of horse urine she turned my life around! Bio identical‘s stopped my hot flashes that were happening every hour on the hour, they helped me to sleep, they helped with my mood and anxiety, my hair started to grow back, and my confidence and libido were restored!! Also, I had a bone scan that showed osteopenia in my left hip and lower back. Since I have been on hormone therapy after a couple of years I got another bone scan and I actually showed improvement in my bone density! I did nothing different except for bio identical hormones, which is why I am willing to pay for them out of pocket. The FDA and pharmaceuticals that want to mess with this is outrageous!! Women deserve to feel well and be well. If we can’t get insurance to cover this and we are willing to pay for it out of pocket then they need to leave us the hell alone! Please please please tell the FDA to stop this bullying with our hormones that don’t have the terrible side effects!! I’ve done both for years and there is NO COMPARISON to how much better my life and hair are doing on my compounded bio identical hormones!!!!
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06.04.2021
Julie H.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body.”

Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body and subsequently my emotional wellbeing. I have been on countless birth controls to try and regulate my menstrual cycle and hormones. Not one of them worked, in many cases caused more problems. My hormones naturally are not in anyway normal for any age group of females. I suffered for 20 years because no doctor would look at me as a whole or get to the root of my issues. Finally, thanks to an amazing doctor I started the hormone cream I am on 4 years ago. I have never felt so normal. My menstrual cycle is regular and not so painful that I end up curled up in a ball in tears. I'm able to function like a normal person!! Which is something I never thought possible. Taking away compounded prescriptions that are made to fit the specific needs of patients is selfish, unnecessary, and life changing. Mine and millions of others' physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing needs to be acknowledged as being a deciding factor in what the FDA decides to do.
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06.04.2021
Joyce B.
Ohio Salem

“No more UTIs”

It has stopped me from having UTI every three or four months. I have not had a UTI for three years, thank you cBHT FOR making my life so much better.
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06.04.2021
Athena L.
Oklahoma OKC

“Amazing and Life Restoring!”

Was put on birth control, told it WOULD straighten out my hormone issues and it did BAD things to me and never straightened out my issues.
It messed me up more, even to the point of possible surgery because an orange size cyst that developed and made it painful to walk.
Taken off of it and refused other artificial hormones.
Cyst went away.
Thankfully I did refuse them because I found out I have a medical condition that artificial hormones are contraindicated with.
Later tried compounded hormones and IT GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK!
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06.04.2021
Joyce S.
Kansas Frankfort

“I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child”

I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child. My sister had breast cancer and so they took my ovaries too. I was on estrogen in a pill at first but I was short tempered and irrationally paranoid about everything. I told my doctor and he said to try a compound. I was back to normal. I have tried to go off of it several times with the same results....crazy Mama.... Its not like I am on a dangerous drug. It is a natural replacement that lets me be me.
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06.04.2021
Rina R.
South Dakota Brookings

“Return to Normalcy and Productivity.”

Without my ability to customize the prescriptions via compounded bioidentical hormones and treat the many negative side effects of perimenopause, my work and home life balance would be unmanageable. Thanks to the support of my compounding pharmacist and physician, I am back to myself and my family and work family have my best self.
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06.04.2021
Laura J.
Nevada incline village

“Custom Compounds Are Best”

My local pharmacy has been able to carefully compound my HRT perfectly suited to me. I tried non compounded sources and after years of that I realized that this is something that must be dialed in specially for each patient.
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06.04.2021
Martha W.
Oklahoma Oklahoma City

“Love The Compounds”

They have made me feel so good and keep me healthy. I have been using them for years. My doctor subscribed them for me. I highly recommend them to use.
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06.04.2021
Kasia H.
Missouri Kansas City

“Multiple Sclerosis”

I have Multiple Sclerosis and learned through some experts that the right hormone levels were important to keeping my MS in remission. I've been on hormones for almost 20 years and have not had a MS flare up in that time.
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06.04.2021
Laurene R.
Michigan Alanson

“I Need This Plan”

I have been taking the troche cBHT for almost two years per my doctor's anti-cancer action plan. Per my recent tests, I have found that I needed to increase my dosage. I'm doing well fighting this cancer, and need to continue on this plan. Thanks
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06.04.2021
Connie H.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“Life is More Comfortable”

Compound Hormones helped when other things didn't. I have been using them for several years now and it is making a big difference on the symptoms I was having.
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06.04.2021
Dennis S.
Ohio Cambridge

“Pills no longer work!”

I used to take Viagra for ED. Now, the only way I can get an erection is by penis injections. As a male this very important for ones mental state to feel like a man. My wife and I have sex every 7-10 days and is important to her as well.

Please don't stop or interfere it's production.
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Story Image Lynette P.

“I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50.”

Story Image Jan P.

“Being able to get natural hormones”

Story Image Ronnie R

“Menopause symptoms eased with compounded hormones”

Story Image Gala B.

“My quality of life is drastically improved”

Story Image Holly M.

“cBHT has changed my life so much!”

Story Image B G.

“I have been helped immensely by cBHT.”

Story Image Jan R.

“The Bio-identical hormones have helped”

Story Image Kathy B.

“Quality of life 300% better on compounded hormone therapy”

Story Image Melissa B.

“Bio identical hormones saved me mentally and physically!”

Story Image Julie H.

“Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body.”

Story Image Joyce B.

“No more UTIs”

Story Image Athena L.

“Amazing and Life Restoring!”

Story Image Joyce S.

“I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child”

Story Image Rina R.

“Return to Normalcy and Productivity.”

Story Image Laura J.

“Custom Compounds Are Best”

Story Image Martha W.

“Love The Compounds”

Story Image Kasia H.

“Multiple Sclerosis”

Story Image Laurene R.

“I Need This Plan”

Story Image Connie H.

“Life is More Comfortable”

Story Image Dennis S.

“Pills no longer work!”

Image
06.04.2021
Lynette P.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50.”

I am 54 years old. I went through menopause at 50. My quality of life had started to decline from there. I had seen three different doctors explaining my symptoms and told them it all started after I stopped having a menstrual cycle. One of the doctors was an OBGYN. I was prescribed more pharmaceutical medications then I could list in this testimonial and wasn't getting any better. I started seeing a new doctor about a year ago. He was the only one that did lab work to test my hormone levels. I should mention that at one point I had even asked one of the other doctors to run those labs and they dismissed my request and just handed out more pills; many of those being antidepressants. My issues were not from depression. I was feeling depressed because I wasn't feeling well and no one was helping me. When my test results came back it was showing that things were so out of balance it was a miracle I was even functioning at any level. Since then I have been receiving Hormone Therapy in the form of a compounded vaginal cream. It has been a long journey and I have need the doses adjusted several times. My dose can be adjusted by a lot or maybe the very slightest but it's all taken care of with a phone call from my doctor. I am devastated to think that this form of treatment maybe taken from me. Please don't let that happen, keep people like myself who have suffered and lost years of our lives in mind before make this decision. Thank You for your time and listening to my story.
Image
06.04.2021
Jan P.
Colorado Castle Rock

“Being able to get natural hormones”

Being able to get natural hormones that are easily adjustable to my needs (rather than prescribed doses that are not alterable) has made my hormone therapy successful, whereas I have friends who did not go this route and did not tolerate the hormones well, possibly because the dosages were not correct. Also, many of my friends have osteoporosis, and I only have signs of mild osteopenia.
Image
06.04.2021
Ronnie R
South Carolina Varnville

“Menopause symptoms eased with compounded hormones”

I had the “normal” menopause symptoms that everyone hears about. What you may not have heard is that those symptoms and the drop in hormones can also contribute to depression, which was true in my case. Compounding hormones have given me relief from my symptoms but they’ve also given me relief from depression and that gives me hope!
Image
06.04.2021
Gala B.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“My quality of life is drastically improved”

My quality of life is drastically improved with this compound script & nothing else I have tried is able to compare.
Image
06.04.2021
Holly M.
Ohio West Chester

“cBHT has changed my life so much!”

Everyone deserves a quality of life and without cBHT that is not possible for me. I needed a natural way to best relieve my hormone imbalance symptoms that I have been suffering from. I can not express enough the agony of the many debilitating things I have gone through like brain fog, hot flashes, joint pain, anxiety and feeling tired all the time. For a while I felt like I was in someone else's body just trying to make it through each day. No one should have to live this way as you get older. I recently received my first therapy treatment which has significantly improved my life so much! The energy and motivation to take on the day without joint pain and constantly being tired has been incredible. cBHT is such an important treatment for so many other people too and I hope that our governing officials see how much these treatments are essential to living a fulfilling life.
Image
06.04.2021
B G.
South Dakota Brandon

“I have been helped immensely by cBHT.”

CBHT has helped me with my perimenopause symptoms, and, now, post hysterectomy. They have improved my quality of life, my marriage and sex life, my sleep and my health overall.
Image
06.04.2021
Jan R.
California Kentfield

“The Bio-identical hormones have helped”

The Bio-identical hormones have helped my hot flashes disappear, helped my energy and restored my mental even tempered attitude.
Image
06.04.2021
Kathy B.
Georgia Atlanta

“Quality of life 300% better on compounded hormone therapy”

58 y.o.female status post-op vaginal hysterectomy and BSO on BHRT for over 15 years. Research shows these bioidentical hormones are safe and effective and actually reduce the risks of breast cancer and other risks associated with the synthetic hormones being pushed by the FDA if properly prescribed. The FDA's main purpose is to protect the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies producing the unhealthy synthetic hormones. They are using the 2002 Womens Health Initiative Study as evidence, while that study only looked at Premarin and Prempro. It showed many increased risks and should have caused the FDA to remove those products from the market. Instead, the are supporting Pfizer's bottom line for producing dangerous drugs.
Image
06.04.2021
Melissa B.
Colorado Colorado Springs

“Bio identical hormones saved me mentally and physically!”

When I got the note that the FDA possibly wants to take away bio identical hormone therapy I literally had a panic attack and broke out in tears! I was on synthetic hormones for years and it caused me to have a hysterectomy and almost all of my hair eventually fell out! This was so devastating to my self-esteem and I never wanted to hang out with my friends let alone look in the mirror every day. After working with a naturopath who understands progesterone versus progestins and the harsh effects of horse urine she turned my life around! Bio identical‘s stopped my hot flashes that were happening every hour on the hour, they helped me to sleep, they helped with my mood and anxiety, my hair started to grow back, and my confidence and libido were restored!! Also, I had a bone scan that showed osteopenia in my left hip and lower back. Since I have been on hormone therapy after a couple of years I got another bone scan and I actually showed improvement in my bone density! I did nothing different except for bio identical hormones, which is why I am willing to pay for them out of pocket. The FDA and pharmaceuticals that want to mess with this is outrageous!! Women deserve to feel well and be well. If we can’t get insurance to cover this and we are willing to pay for it out of pocket then they need to leave us the hell alone! Please please please tell the FDA to stop this bullying with our hormones that don’t have the terrible side effects!! I’ve done both for years and there is NO COMPARISON to how much better my life and hair are doing on my compounded bio identical hormones!!!!
Image
06.04.2021
Julie H.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body.”

Going through puberty at the age of 14 wrecked havoc on my body and subsequently my emotional wellbeing. I have been on countless birth controls to try and regulate my menstrual cycle and hormones. Not one of them worked, in many cases caused more problems. My hormones naturally are not in anyway normal for any age group of females. I suffered for 20 years because no doctor would look at me as a whole or get to the root of my issues. Finally, thanks to an amazing doctor I started the hormone cream I am on 4 years ago. I have never felt so normal. My menstrual cycle is regular and not so painful that I end up curled up in a ball in tears. I'm able to function like a normal person!! Which is something I never thought possible. Taking away compounded prescriptions that are made to fit the specific needs of patients is selfish, unnecessary, and life changing. Mine and millions of others' physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing needs to be acknowledged as being a deciding factor in what the FDA decides to do.
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06.04.2021
Joyce B.
Ohio Salem

“No more UTIs”

It has stopped me from having UTI every three or four months. I have not had a UTI for three years, thank you cBHT FOR making my life so much better.
Image
06.04.2021
Athena L.
Oklahoma OKC

“Amazing and Life Restoring!”

Was put on birth control, told it WOULD straighten out my hormone issues and it did BAD things to me and never straightened out my issues.
It messed me up more, even to the point of possible surgery because an orange size cyst that developed and made it painful to walk.
Taken off of it and refused other artificial hormones.
Cyst went away.
Thankfully I did refuse them because I found out I have a medical condition that artificial hormones are contraindicated with.
Later tried compounded hormones and IT GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK!
Image
06.04.2021
Joyce S.
Kansas Frankfort

“I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child”

I had to have a hysterectomy after my 3rd child. My sister had breast cancer and so they took my ovaries too. I was on estrogen in a pill at first but I was short tempered and irrationally paranoid about everything. I told my doctor and he said to try a compound. I was back to normal. I have tried to go off of it several times with the same results....crazy Mama.... Its not like I am on a dangerous drug. It is a natural replacement that lets me be me.
Image
06.04.2021
Rina R.
South Dakota Brookings

“Return to Normalcy and Productivity.”

Without my ability to customize the prescriptions via compounded bioidentical hormones and treat the many negative side effects of perimenopause, my work and home life balance would be unmanageable. Thanks to the support of my compounding pharmacist and physician, I am back to myself and my family and work family have my best self.
Image
06.04.2021
Laura J.
Nevada incline village

“Custom Compounds Are Best”

My local pharmacy has been able to carefully compound my HRT perfectly suited to me. I tried non compounded sources and after years of that I realized that this is something that must be dialed in specially for each patient.
Image
06.04.2021
Martha W.
Oklahoma Oklahoma City

“Love The Compounds”

They have made me feel so good and keep me healthy. I have been using them for years. My doctor subscribed them for me. I highly recommend them to use.
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06.04.2021
Kasia H.
Missouri Kansas City

“Multiple Sclerosis”

I have Multiple Sclerosis and learned through some experts that the right hormone levels were important to keeping my MS in remission. I've been on hormones for almost 20 years and have not had a MS flare up in that time.
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06.04.2021
Laurene R.
Michigan Alanson

“I Need This Plan”

I have been taking the troche cBHT for almost two years per my doctor's anti-cancer action plan. Per my recent tests, I have found that I needed to increase my dosage. I'm doing well fighting this cancer, and need to continue on this plan. Thanks
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06.04.2021
Connie H.
South Dakota Sioux Falls

“Life is More Comfortable”

Compound Hormones helped when other things didn't. I have been using them for several years now and it is making a big difference on the symptoms I was having.
Image
06.04.2021
Dennis S.
Ohio Cambridge

“Pills no longer work!”

I used to take Viagra for ED. Now, the only way I can get an erection is by penis injections. As a male this very important for ones mental state to feel like a man. My wife and I have sex every 7-10 days and is important to her as well.

Please don't stop or interfere it's production.
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Hear their stories, in their own words. Protect their access to compounded hormones.

On this page, we can only touch on the data that demonstrates the importance of compounded hormones to the lives of millions of women in this country. While the decision to take this vital therapy from patients and physicians might be profitable for the 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.

Preserve compounded hormones.

Explore our interactive map that demonstrates the importance of compounded hormones to patients all across the country. Filter these first-hand accounts by state to see just how vital compounded hormones are.

Explore our interactive map that demonstrates the importance of compounded hormones to patients all across the country. Filter these first-hand accounts by state to see just how vital compounded hormones are.

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