States are currently charged with overseeing compounding operations and a group representing a coalition of pharmacies associations and other groups is balking at the proposed shift.
The group, My Meds Matter, is circulating a petition to protest the bill.
Imbalances can cause depression, insomnia, low libido and headaches.
“Bio-Identical hormones are a critical necessity,” said Dr. Mila McManus of The Woodlands Institute for Health & Wellness. “An FDA ban on compounded hormones would make doctors dependent upon one-size-fits-all synthetic hormones. But one size does not fit all, and I am very concerned for my patients that this legislation has made it to the Senate.”
The bill, authored by Sen. Tom HarkinThomas (Tom) Richard HarkinWe need a voting rights workaround Romney's TRUST Act is a Trojan Horse to cut seniors' benefits Two more parting shots from Trump aimed squarely at disabled workers MORE (D-Iowa) moves next to the full Senate.
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