I was having about 30 hot flashes a day. Can you imagine breaking out in a sweat that goes through your clothing over and over again? It feels like your body temp. just went up 10 degrees. It affects sleep, intimacy, social life, work life, home life, it's embarrassing, it's horribly uncomfortable, and clothing selections have to change. cHBT gave me my life back. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't take it away or reduce the ability for compounding pharmacies to help patients to their fullest extent! If you'd ever had to deal with hot flashes, and finally found relief with cHBT, you'd never consider taking that option away when it relieves the suffering of so many. The pharmaceutical companies can't customize what hormone combination a patient needs. What they offer is terribly inadequate since it's doesn't offer safety and one size doesn't fit all. Only cHBT has the flexibility and safety a patient needs. People need this option. Make your decision based on the suffering of humans, not on some study void of input from patients and medical professionals.

This has changed my life. I feel normal again. I have more energy, fewer and milder hot flashes and hardly any anxiety flashes. I am so thankful for this treatment.

Due to compound hormone therapy my mood is better. My bone density hasn't deteriorated with age. Corrected vaginal dryness. Increased skin elasticity.

Starting HRT was life altering! Within a week I felt 100% better. Over the years I have taken a break from them for various reasons, thinking I would no longer need them. Within a few days I again experienced debilitating symtoms - dramatic hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia. I take no other drugs. I get a bone scan every five years and it is always better than the norm. My only irritation is that insurance does not cover the cost for bioidentical hormones BUT pays for synthetic.

I have had no negative affects from using bioidentical hormone therapy. It has restored the hormone balance in my system and I feel perfectly normal. I am very disturbed to hear that the FDA is considering restricting my use of a very effective therapy for menopause. Obviously those seeking to restrict this have not experienced menopause.

With balanced hormones, I feel grounded, happy, calm, peaceful. When my hormones are low I know it. I feel anxious, impatient, moody, more negative and generally OFF. I've been getting bioidentical pellets every four-give months for the past five years and I'm very youthful, energetic, productive, and happy in my late 50's. I don't intend to ever go without HRT.

I did not want to take something that might give me cancer or some other side effect. That is why I went with bioidentical hormone replacement.

It helped with the dry skin and vagina, lack of sexual appetite, no more sweltering, mood changes and hair loss.

The bioidentical hormones have really made a difference in my quality of life. It improved my sleep, libido, and energy level etc..

It has taken away my migraines, I sleep six-eight hours per night, my brain fog is gone, depression is gone, joint pain is gone, I lost 80 pounds, and it raised my energy level from lethargic to normal. My dry skin gone, hair loss has stopped, and vaginal dryness is gone. My sex drive returned. I tried many other pharmaceuticals and they made me feel worse and had no improvement. Compounded saved my life and continues to enhance a healthy normal lifestyle.

I was looking for a natural relplacement to offset the menopausal symptoms I was having. I have been on bioidentical hormones for the last four years and I feel amazing.

Menopause for me was a nightmare. Beyond the usual extreme hot flashes and night sweats, the mental confusion was the worst. I would sometimes wind up somewhere and wonder why I was there. My husband made the comment you are getting scary and it was true- life was getting scary for me as my memory was so fuzzy and I would feel disoriented at times. I tried conventional hormone replacement which helped somewhat but it was when my hormones became balanced with bioidentical hormone therapy that I my husband would tell you that he got his wife back. Please do not throw me back into the chaos and crisis that I lived in without bioidentical hormone therapy.

I tried so many doctors before I found one who told me about compounded hormones. Within 24 hours of taking my first doses, I can't describe the positive and calming impact the pills had on me. I'm so grateful that someone listened to my pain and introduced me to a solution that works for me.

The hormone therapy that I receive from the compounding pharmacy has greatly enhanced my quality of life, as well as reducing cost. I suspect that the lower cost is at the root of the FDA restrictions, not just the NASEM study.

During my pre-menopausal years it was apparent that my body was deficient in needed hormones that stabilized my endocrine system. Blood work was completed and the deficiency was noted and a compounded medication was ordered I was brought back into balance. A one size fits all dosage for individuals who need hormonal supplementation is dangerous to the health of those who may need less of a hormone and are getting more because it is standardized. When a deficiency is noted in any area of our health the goal is to supplement the needed dosage.

Increased energy. In combination with supplements, and other medicines, cBHT has stabilized my medical conditions.

It has helped improve my immune system and build lean muscle for prevention of osteoporosis.

In 2017, I started with a new primary care physician. I had symptoms all across the board. Upon receiving my lab results, it was determined that my hormones were imbalanced and I had hypothyroidism. The idea of taking hormones was something I swore I would never do. My doctor explained that compounded bioidentical hormones tailor made specifically for my imbalance were safe. I was skeptical about this so I went home and researched this therapy and spoke with a OB/Gyn who confirmed my doctor's belief in the safety and efficacy of this therapy and reiterated the need for them to be compounded. I have been taking them for three years. The dosage has been adjusted up and down but we finally made it right. My symptoms have dissipated. I am sleeping better, my hair loss is going away, my labs are showing normal hormone levels, my thyroid is functioning normally and the big one is my osteopenia has significantly improved to the point of being off of that spectrum. I would never have considered traditional HRT as an option...too dangerous! Thank goodness for compounded hormone therapy.

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!