Estratest Law Change January 2012 (Page 2)

Greetings,

Since my wife has been having the same problem obtaining Estratest in California, I decided to do a little research on the problem. Here is what I found:

Estratest is a combination of Esterified Estrogens and Methyltestosterone. Methyltestosterone is a Class III restricted drug on the Drug Enforcement Administrations controlled substance schedule. Methyltestosterone is an oral steroid with mild anabolic steroid effects. Estratest had been previously exempted from the Class III restricted drug schedule.

There was a change in the law or regulations on January 1st that eliminated this exemption. This means that the drug manufacturers, distribution centers and drug stores or doctors now have a completely new system for reporting the sale and transfer of Estratest. It also requires a new prescription form and can not be prescribed for more than a six month period on any one prescription.

When they said it was "quarantined", they probably meant it was not going to be distributed until the manufacturer/distributer could meet all of the new reporting requirements for distribution of a Class III controlled substance. There could also be a problem for the manufacturers in obtaining the Methyltestosterone for inclusion in the Estratest since it is a Class III controlled substance.

At one time there were eight pharmasutical firms manufacturing Estratest. There are now only three.
Hopefully, those three firms will still find it profitable to manufacture Estratest.

It appears that post-menapausal women are the victims of the unintended consequences of the governments zeal to restrict anabolic steroid abuse.

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I find it very odd about them laughing over getting a testosterone shot. Women have been doing this for many many years.

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Help! I have posted here before about not being able to get Estratest. I was getting it from the pharmacy in Canada but I tried to refill my script yesterday and was told they are discontinuing it. So now I am desperate. I only have about three weeks left and am already panicked about what to do. Does anyone have any updated information on where to get Estratest DS? I read here that Covaryx is a substitute but one person said she had side effects with it.

Please help if you have any information!!!

Thanks!

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I have taken Est Estrogen 0.625-1.25 MG for about 14 yrs . I get it at Target pharmacy it is now $47 dollars for a 30 day supply my Medicare Insurance plan , and part D prescribtion plan does not cover this do you know any where i can get this free from a place that makes them ? i am disable, and i can't afford them i don't know what to do .. Thanks

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Help me please, I am a foreigner in India, and I can't get back to the US till the end of May, I need estratest DS, I have been on it 30yrs, and can't get it here, Any suggestions?

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Hi Sarah,

My best advise would be to contact the US Embassy in New Delhi. Here is the web site: newdelhi.usembassy.gov/emergency_contact.html

Contact the US Citizens Services section and see if they can assist you. They may also be able to help at one of the consulates there. There is a complete list on their web site. Good luck :o)

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Estratest (generic, because the brand name is no longer available, that company was sued a long time ago) IS AVAILABLE and IS STILL BEING MADE and IS NOT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACCORDING TO FEDERAL LAW AND MANY STATE LAWS. It is on the EXEMPTION LIST. However, many pharmacies are TOO stupid to read the exemptions list. I feel like I am on a one woman crusade to educate the stupid pharmacies. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if your pharmacy (WALGREENS) tells you it is a class III controlled substance - WRITE TO THEM AND TELL THEM IT IS EXEMPT BY FEDERAL LAW and some states (It's specifically listed on California's exception list, too. And Georgia's). Ignorance of the law by pharmacies is INEXCUSABLE. And the stupidity over that one study with HRT that has lead to such controversy is even more stupid.

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Look what they do for men. And it's men making these decisions for women. What do they know about what menopause feels like? Then when it's all over u have no libido at all. It's terrible feeling like a eunuch. Come on people get with it. Women want the libido they once had also!!!

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Re: Elena (# 20)

Hi, Are you still taking the estratest? or similar? My insurance now won't cover this? I am devastated. May I have your information-regarding access to the medication?

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