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Compounded Bioidentical Hormones in Endocrinology Practice: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement
Nanette Santoro1, Glenn D Braunstein1, Cherie L Butts1
1Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (N.S.) and Medicine (M.M.), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045; Department of Medicine (G.D.B.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048; Program Leadership (C.L.B.), Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142; Department of Medicine (K.A.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.V.P.), Midlife Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908.
Abstract:
This Scientific Statement finds that there is no rationale for routine prescribing of unregulated, untested, and potentially harmful custom compounded bioidentical hormone therapies.

