justinhicks42
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Aside from Empower, are there any other compounders who are still compounding HCG? Empower is having a supply issue. I found a couple in TX but unfortunately they are not licensed in KS where our facility is located.
The FDA Ended Your Access to More Economical hCG and FSH
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Nelson Vergel
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This week's new drama as CA enforces the FDA decision. No compounded hCG is allowed in that state. Other states are following.
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If your doctor prescribes pharma brand hCG, please let me know if you run into issues trying to get the prescription filled at a regular pharmacy.
Here is the GoodRx info on brand name hCG
Compounded HCG now banned in California?
According to this post on reddit, Defy just told their California patients that compounded HCG is no longer allowed to be shipped to or produced in California. This is nuts! Does anyone have any details? What are the relevant laws / codes here? I will write to some of my elected...
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If your doctor prescribes pharma brand hCG, please let me know if you run into issues trying to get the prescription filled at a regular pharmacy.
Here is the GoodRx info on brand name hCG
What other states?
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
Idaho and soon probably Iowa.
StillPushin
New Member
Where does hMG/FSH stand right now?
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
Neither one can be compounded by anyone in the US.
StillPushin
New Member
Thanks Nelson, that’s extremely unfortunate.
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
We have declining fertility rates and now the FDA is making it impossible to access lower cost hCG and FSH. It's kind of crazy and I bet most legislators do not know this is happening due to the FDA new biologics regulation. hCG is an old compound that has been compounded for over 25 years!.
DorianGray
Active Member
So is the goal to simply eliminate the production of HCG entirely and deprive taxpayers of their health or eliminate competition to big pharma by choking out compounding pharmacies? In the meantime, I can find a physician in Nevada or Mexico that can supply.
xqfq
Active Member
What's crazy is the 2009 law change to the "biologics" classification was designed to lower prescription drug prices. That was the entire point of its inclusion:
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Instead, it has been used by the FDA - who is, in my opinion, interpreting the law incorrectly, ban compounded HCG / FSH.
The FDA Ended Your Access to More Economical hCG and FSH
UPDATE ON DECEMBER 1, 2021: The FDA has just made it a lot more difficult for couples seeking fertility to start a family. They have shut down the only affordable access to fertility hormones made by compounding pharmacies for over 40 years . All compounders were ordered to stop making...
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Instead, it has been used by the FDA - who is, in my opinion, interpreting the law incorrectly, ban compounded HCG / FSH.
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
You are 100% right. Unintended consequences? I think not!
The FDA did not even take the time to send a form reply to the over 400 of us who sent comments to inform them of the problems with access that this law was about to create. Now CA has really taken the FDA decision to heart. Pharma lobbying at its best! ?
TheyCallMeTrinity
Member
My brother in law reached out to me today (we both live in Iowa and both take hCG) worried that our doctor (out of Kansas City) said they were unsure where to source anymore.
I used your goodrx link and CVS here said they had ordered it before and could again, so that is good news. Also, ~$113 for 10000 units it not bad! I see Walmart, Walgreens, Hy-Vee, etc all listed on GoodRx also, so that should be some backup possibilities if CVS falls through ...
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
You guys will soon also experience lack of inventory of hCG in regular pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, etc.
I think this is the main problem. Inventory on brand name HCG comes and goes. Price difference not too terrible but availability is. So with supply low and demand high prices are poised to rise
DorianGray
Active Member
Certainly no reason to think that drug pricing wouldn't follow overall inflation pattern we have now.
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
No compounding pharmacy (not even Empower) will be able to make hCG after Nov 5, 2021. The FDA threatened legal action. We will all have to get hCG called into regular pharmacies. Prices vary and I predict a shortage issue.
Fantastic this is such bs, prices will skyrocket of course. What are our long term solutions or is there any ?
Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
The explanation is in post number 1 of this thread from Nov 2019.
The FDA Ended Your Access to More Economical hCG and FSH
UPDATE ON DECEMBER 1, 2021: The FDA has just made it a lot more difficult for couples seeking fertility to start a family. They have shut down the only affordable access to fertility hormones made by compounding pharmacies for over 40 years . All compounders were ordered to stop making...
www.excelmale.com
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