2005P-0411
  

  
 Seeking FDA Actions to Counter Flagrant Violations of the Law by Pharmacies Compounding Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Drugs 

  


  

  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC7431
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Mrs. Irene Walton
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
03/06/2006 03:03:48
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Mrs. Irene Walton
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Health Professional
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 As a woman and as a psychotherapist, I am extremely concerned about the possibility of severe restrictions on the compounding and distribution of bio-identical hormones.  I tried for many years to get my hormonal needs met through traditional prescriptions.  I feel strongly that these prescriptions are made and marketed largely with the sales desires of the pharmacy, not the needs of the consumer in mind.  Prescription of bio- identical hormones has not only met my hormonal needs much more effectively, but also in a way that is much safer, because and can take lower doses and safer mixes of hormones.  I know that bio-identical hormones have also been of benefit to my patients that struggle with hormonal and post-menopausal issues.