Help STOP Wyeth from taking your access!

Wyeth Petition Letter
Dear Friend,

As I embark on becoming board certified in Anti-Aging medicine, an exciting, cutting edge and sometimes controversial specialty, I am empowered and humbled by the knowledge I have gained through this study. I must say, it all started several years ago when my good friend, Tom Bayne, a doctor of chiropractic had me read a book about bio-identical hormones. Unfortunately, the availability of those bio-identical, and safe hormones is now in jeopardy.

When Tom first introduced me to them, I was practicing only Emergency Medicine and I knew very little about the subject. I didn't even have an interest in hormones, but Tom was asking for my help. Since chiropractors can't write prescriptions, Tom needed me to write prescriptions for some of his patients with hormone imbalance.

Tom has always been more than just a bone cracking chiropractor. He is truly a holistic physician and, I am proud to say, has opened my eyes to many "alternative" therapies that, I am sure, will be main stream in the next 10 years. Fortunately, it is the interest in those therapies that led me down the path to a more preventative, and balanced approach to healing. Thus started a journey which led me to read volumes about hormone balance and ultimately choose Anti-aging medicine, as it is a field of experts in hormone balance.

The bookTom gave me was "Natural Woman, Natural Menopause." That book introduced me to the benefits of bio-identical hormones. It also showed me the problem with big pharmaceutical companies (Big Pharma.) The problem is that Big Pharma is only interested in one thing, profit. They are not interested in curing anything. They want to control all of your diseases and ailments. That way they can keep you on their drugs the rest of your life. It happens with lots of diseases and lots of drugs.

Now Wyeth, one of the biggest companies in Big Pharma, has stooped to a new low. They have petitioned the FDA to stop the availability of compounded bio-identical hormones. Click Here to read more. Wyeth condemns bioidentical hormones by casting doubt on their safety and effectiveness and demands that the FDA penalize compounding pharmacies through enforcement of actions such as seizures, injunctions and warning letters. Did Wyeth call for sanctions against itself when the 2002 NIH study - Women's Health Initiative linked Premarin and Prempro, synthetic hormone drugs manufactured by Wyeth to increased risk of stroke, breast cancer, heart attacks and circulatory disease?

I am concerned for my ability to practice safe medicine and healing, and I am now asking for your help to stop this ban on hormones that I prescribe safely to hundreds of women. Please click the link below and go to the FDA site that has been set up to take comments of this proposal. Time is running out, but you have until April 4th. I have included a sample statement. Feel free to copy and paste into the comment section.

Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Green

Please Help by sending your comment to the FDA
When you click here, a window on the FDA web site will open. You must first type in your zip code, country and name. Then click the "continue" button on that page.

There you can post a comment. I have included a sample here which you can copy and paste. Once you have entered a comment or pasted the one from my web site, you must click "continue" again. Then you must review your comments and click "save comments"

I know this sound tedious, but it only takes a minute. Here is the sample comment.

Thanks again. ---Click Here---

EXAMPLE COMMENT (Cut and paste or write your own)

I am writing to oppose Wyeth's Citizens Petition that asks FDA to place restrictions on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). I take exception to the fact Wyeth is accusing the Compounding Pharmacy industry of unsafe practices. As a citizen of the United States I expect the FDA to stand up for my rights and the rights of all men and women who have found consistent, safe and effective treatment with bioidentical hormones.

Eliminating options by bowing to a large pharmaceutical company like Wyeth is not in the public interest and would deprive hundreds of thousands of Americans from access to bioidentical hormones. Synthetic hormone replacement has been proven unequivocally unsafe in a government sponsored study and should not be forced as the sole treatment option for women.

I hereby request the FDA reject Wyeth's request.