Your BHRT is At Risk - Take Action Today
Support Women’s Health, Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Resolutions Protecting Estriol
In 2005, Wyeth, the maker of Premarin and Prempro, called on FDA to shut down compounding pharmacies that prepare bioidentical hormone replacement therapies (BHRT). If Wyeth had its way, women being prescribed compounded hormone medicines to treat symptoms of menopause would be forced to discontinue their treatments.
In early 2008, FDA finally answered Wyeth’s concerns about compounded hormone medicines with a set of new policies. Most critically, FDA announced that it will “halt” compounding of hormone treatments that contain estriol.
Resolutions have been introduced in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to counter the efforts of FDA and Wyeth to restrict your access to compounded
In the U.S. House, Representatives Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 342, also known as H. Con. Res. 342, which thirty other members of Congress have joined to date. To see a copy of H. Con. Res. 342, follow its progress and find out if YOUR Representative has co-sponsored it, click here.
In the U.S. Senate, Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) have introduced a similar resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 88, also known as S. Con. Res. 88. To see a copy of S. Con. Res. 88, follow its progress and find out if YOUR Senators have co-sponsored it, click here.
The resolutions also call on the need for FDA to “respect the physician-patient relationship” and recognize that doctors, not FDA, are in the best position to “determine which medications are appropriate for their patients.” They also point out that “FDA has acknowledged that it is unaware of any adverse events” associated with the use of estriol over the past three decades.
If your members of Congress HAVE NOT yet co-sponsored H. Con. Res. 342 in the House and S. Con. Res. 88 in the Senate, click here today to tell them: Protect My Access to BHRT! Take action now!
If your members of Congress HAVE already co-sponsored the resolutions, please write and tell them thank you! To send a thank you note, click here.
