Now is the time to act!  Preserve our access to bio-identical hormones and protect the right of the consumer to choose and the practitioner to practice without unwarranted interference by the FDA.
 
On January 9, 2008, the FDA sent numerous pharmacies, large and small, an order to stop using Estriol, and the term “bio-identical” in their hormone replacement formulas.  This is an unprecedented attack on compounders, patients and physicians because until now NO compounded drug component with a USP monograph has been withdrawn from circulation unless there has been evidence of harm to patients.  Yet that is what the FDA is doing!  If they can do it to Estriol, they can do it to anything they wish to!
 
The FDA admitted in their press conference that there is no evidence of harm to any patient from the use of Estriol in compounds.  It has been used since 1980, is available throughout the world in numerous prescription compounds approved by other nation’s FDAs, and there is even an investigational new drug application, approved by the FDA, that uses much higher doses of Estriol than is used in any BHRT formula.
 
What You Can Do

• Read the timeline and Draw Your Own Conclusion – is the FDA doing Wyeth’s bidding?
• Contact Congress and the President of the US and let them know that you want the FDA to stop attacking compounding medicine.
• Personalize your letter.  Tell your story, edit to reflect your points of interest (this is VERY important, please take the extra time!).
• Spread the word!  We need the loudest voice possible – let your contacts know of this threat, send an email.  Tell people to visit www.healthfreedom.net.  Download, print, and distribute our flyer (click here) and if you don’t have a printer, let us know how many you need. 
• Join AAHF so we can continue to lobby on this and other important issues.
• Make a tax-deductible donation to the Health Freedom Foundation so we can continue educational efforts and fund a lawsuit to block the FDA’s assault on bio-identical hormones.