dGdvbGQ2NUB5YWhvby5jb20=

Your article on compounded hormones misses the point. While the individual chemicals are the same as FDA approved patches, the quality control in the manufacturing process is not the same. You an accurately noted the lack of quality control for so-called bioidentical hormones which means a user could be getting less or more hormones due to this lack of control. Or, that the hormone levels they receive vary from batch to batch. Not to mention the delivery mechanism via pellets has not been tested so the dosage over time is also unclear. To this reader, that would make the unregulated pellets both more expensive AND less safe. Lack of quality control by definition makes them less safe.

As a physician you should be outraged that women ( I won’t say “your patients” because you are not an OB/GYN and your website doesn’t offer services for women in menopause) are being pushed a more expensive product by doctors who often profit from its sale when a cheaper, better tested and better regulated version with far superior quality control is available.