Warning! You May Lose Your Access to Compounded Hormones!

Warning! You May Lose Your Access to Compounded Hormones!

Once again, the FDA is partnering with a drug company to restrict women from making their own health care decisions.

I recently received an urgent e-mail from HSI medical editor Martin Milner, N.D., with this important message:

Warning! You May Lose Your Access to Compounded Hormones!

The FDA and Wyeth, a big drug maker, are trying to stop bio-identical hormone replacement therapy! Get involved and fight back!

Last week FDA decided to support a Wyeth campaign against compounded treatments and announced that it will “halt” compounding of hormone treatments that contain estriol. Estriol is a common and critical component of many bioidentical hormone therapies (including Bi-Est and Tri-Est) that meets standards that were established by Congress. If you are not sure if you are taking estriol, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Even if you don’t take a medication with estriol, is your hormone or other compounded treatment next?

If FDA and Wyeth have their way, you will lose this access to vital treatment options. This action affects hundreds of thousands of women!

We are calling on you to GET INVOLVED AND FIGHT BACK:

We are working to engage Members of Congress to call on FDA to reverse its decision. We need your help to encourage your Representatives and Senators in Congress and to stand up for the rights of women.

It’s easy and effective. Simply click here to send a letter to each of your Representatives and Senators in Congress, as well as FDA. There, you will find a sample letter that you can tailor and send with one click of the mouse.

Once you’ve sent your letters, you can also call your members of Congress and tell them why FDA’s action supporting Wyeth is wrong. Use the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists’ easy-to-use call alert system. Talking points and phone numbers for your members of Congress are provided within the call alert system.

The time is now for us to take action to save bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. We need your help to ensure that the FDA and Wyeth are not allowed to rob us of the treatments we are prescribed to enjoy happier, healthier lives.

You can find more details about this crisis in the e-Alert “Mythbusters” (1/24/08), which you can find at this link: http://www.hsionline.com/ealerts/ea200801/ea20080124a.html