A world without estrogen scarcely bears thinking about.

[dolari]

Well, it seems both my estrogen shipments have been siezed and that no more will be getting through.

Nice while it lasted.

Comments

[hemlock-martini.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, that sucks.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Oh fuck. I'm sorry.

It shouldn't have to be like this.

[chrysalis.livejournal.com]

That sucks. >:( Why is it being seized? What country do you get them from?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Officially: Drugs from other countries have not been tested by the FDA and are therefore illegal in the United States.

Unofficially: The pharmaceutical companies in the US love making 400% profits on their pills and don't want anyone infrnging on that, so they've bullied the US Government into siezing the exact same drugs from overseas since they're 300% cheaper from New Zealand.

[nathan-r.livejournal.com]

Grrr...

Can you...

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

...get them from another State?

Re: Can you...

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Not likely without actually going to a doctor in that state. There are two doctors near me who do them. One is in San Antonio (my former doctor) wh is great, but expensive. There's another in Austin I'm going to check out.

[gidget-ca.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear it =( I hope you can find another solution soon...

[missratbat.livejournal.com]

Shit. Oh, that's awful. Why on Earth are they seizing it?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Officially: Drugs from other countries have not been tested by the FDA and are therefore illegal in the United States.

Unofficially: The pharmaceutical companies in the US love making 400% profits on their pills and don't want anyone infrnging on that, so they've bullied the US Government into siezing the exact same drugs from overseas since they're 300% cheaper.

[faerie-gift.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

That sucks =( is that a problem with international shipments or can you get them somewhere in the US?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

It's international shipments. I was buying them from New Zealand. There's a doctor in San Antonio who does them (I used to go to him), but it's very expensive and restrictive. Although I'm hearing there's one in Austin who does it now, too.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

Fuck /_\

I'm sorry nena. (HUG)

[hurricane-amy.livejournal.com]

Hey you... I guess I'm going to just say a combination of what everyone else has already said. I'm so sorry about that and I hope that something can be done about that. I hope you can find a way to get what you need.

[paradox-puree.livejournal.com]

I've been hearing that shipments from England are getting seized.... Have you tried Australia?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

I didn't get them from Australia, but they were durned close. They were from New Zealand.

[amw.livejournal.com]

Can you get them from Mexico?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

From what I'm hearing now is that the FDA is only allowing imports from Canada. Time to start looking for Canadian pharmacies....

[senselessviolnz.livejournal.com]

I got my stuff from canadameds.com

[erinlefey.livejournal.com]

Check the Mexico rules, and see if they are the same "you can carry back from Mexico a 90 day supply for yourself" rules they were when I was doing that years ago. I'll go with you, and say some are for me. That way we'd only need to road-trip down there twice a year.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

From what I'm reading, the FDA is now no longer allowing any shipments of drugs from any country except Canada. We'd have to smuggle it back, which given the border, wouldn't be hard...but the consequences are WAY up now.

I guess I should give Dr. Chase a call and pay his huge fees. I'm gonna call one doctor in Austin. Hopefully she won't ask for my Bejamin paperwork. I have it (even my surgery letter), but I'm several years out of touch with my therapist.

[makkabee.livejournal.com]

Fucking bought and paid for pols. They won't protect an ordinary schlub's job from sweatshop competition, but threaten a hyper-wealthy corporation with cheap medicine for low income ordinary people and watch them skitter.

I hope we clean House this November. It seems likely now. I also hope the next bunch are more responsive to the needs of ordinary people. On that one I'm not betting the ol' planation.