Bio-identical hrt??

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read a little about it and it seems the easiest place to find access to hrt around here but some of what ive read didnt sound too good.. something about fda and no long term studies and what not.. anyone know anything about this??

[bass]

thats what i know as well, also its very expensive.

[sirupate]

I don't know, but sort of assumed that bio-identical was being directed at women whose hormones have become "unbalanced"...particularly later in life as menopause nears. For guys, I just assume you would get some sort of supplemental testosterone ...maybe from a compounding pharmacy with DHEA and pregnenalone thrown in to help things.

[GotNoBlueMilk]

The lack of studies and FDA approval is smoke and mirrors. A lot of this is thrown up by people (pharmacy companies) trying to ensure that people use their product.

Bio-identical hormones cannot be copyrighted. As such, there is no money to be made from them since a company cannot be the sole distrubitor. But, bio-identical hormones are used in a couple products. For example, Testosterone cream/gel has bio-identical Testosterone in it. The cream/gel as a whole product is copyrighted and has had a ton of studies done and is FDA approved.

Test Cyp is almost bio-identical. They shoved an ester onto the end of the bio-identical Test molecule and copyrighted that. In the body, the ester drops off over time and you are left with the bio-identical Test floating in the body. There have been tons of studies on Test Cyp and it is FDA approved.