Re: Wyeth ganging up on estriol and compounding pharmacies

[Guest guest]

All I can say is this " sucks " big time. Excuse the language but I

can't stand this. I just got a new Rx for Bi-est today and better

run to the compounder to get it made up for me. Bi-est works better

for me than estradiol alone and I am not a bio-chemist so don't know

why but when something works this well I want it.

Barbara

>

> Wyeth's War on Women and Bioidenticals

>

> The Food and Drug Administration has declared war on bioidentical

> hormones and plans to eliminate the compounding and availability

of

> estriol.

>

> This disgraceful action is the direct result of an intense

lobbying

> petition by Wyeth, the leading manufacturer of synthetic hormone

> products, even though more than 60,000 doctors, patients and

> pharmacists filed comments with the FDA opposing Wyeth's petition.

>

> The lesson here: When Wyeth speaks, the FDA listens.

>

> In this case, Wyeth is using the agency to bludgeon compounders

out

> of business and protect market share of its non-human identical

> products which have been shown to cause deadly side effects since

> 2002.

>

> The FDA sent letters January 9 warning seven pharmacies that the

> claims they make about " bioidentical hormone replacement therapy "

are

> unsupported by medical evidence and said that the agency plans to

> halt the compounding of medication containing estriol.

>

> This action has the potential to deny hundreds of thousands of

women

> access to bioidentical hormones - substituting the FDA's judgment

for

> that of their own doctors.

>

> Estriol is a human hormone produced by the human body. It is one

of

> the three estrogen molecules and the most abundant during

pregnancy.

> Women who cannot tolerate estradiol may use estriol. Like many

> commonly prescribed drugs (e.g. quinine, Phenobarbital,

tinidazole),

> estriol has a monograph from the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP). When

> Congress passed the FDA Modernization Act in 1997, it clearly

> indicated that drugs with a USP monograph could be compounded.

>

> Estriol is commercially available in many countries. If the FDA

has

> its way you'll need a passport, not a prescription, to get it.

>

> One more fact that the FDA seems to have overlooked in its rush to

> appease Wyeth: The practice of medicine and pharmacy is legislated

at

> the state level and the relationship is between the doctor and the

> patient. This is an area the FDA has no business being involved in.

>

> Women need to know these facts and get together, educate their

> doctors and become actively involved to prevent the limitation of

> treatment options that may be imposed by financial interest placed

> ahead of their wellbeing.

>

>

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> Wednesday January 9, 2008 in Health | Permalink

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