| The American Association for
Health Freedom (AAHF) is very concerned about upcoming legislation affecting
the rights of Americans to choose individualized medicine.
Senators Kennedy (D-MA) Burr
(R-NC) and Roberts (R-KS), among others are considering legislation (Safe
Compounding Drug Act of 2007) that would severely restrict and possibly deny
access to critical medications.
If this legislation passes,
federal regulators, not the doctor, will decide what medicines can be
taken. Among other things, the so-called
Safe Drug Compounding Act would give the Food and Drug Administration the powe
- Broadly
eliminate the availability of many critical, commonly compounded medications
that many patients rely on (most especially bioidentical hormones for women).
- Determine
when compounded medicines are needed - a decision that has always been and
should always be made by doctors.
- Restrict
the compounded medications the doctor can prescribe even if he or she
determines the need for them.
Among those left with little
or no choice will be menopausal women and andropausal men; the Autistic community;
individuals living with HIV/AIDS; infants and young children with conditions
like gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); hospice and nursing home patients;
and people who are extremely allergic or sensitive to fillers, dyes, and
additives in medicines.
We believe that this is
fundamentally the right of the consumer to choose and the practitioner to
practice and we believe that this is something that you support as well.
We are bringing together
various groups (medical societies, women groups, disease/condition associations
as well as the compounding pharmacist industry) to present a united front on
this bill. We are scheduling an action
meeting with the appropriate groups next Thursday to roll up our sleeves and
dive in! Following this meeting, we’ll
have an action plan and a timetable.
HealthFreedom.net sent out
an alert that within hours already had over 1,000 people respond but we need
more! Please take action and help spread the word. We recommend linking to their Compounding
Pharmacy bill page as it will give the most updated information and when we add
an alert (either once the bill is introduced or to include the House) it stay
active longer. HOwever, any of the links below will get you to a page where you simply fill our your information and can send a pre-written letter.
Website: http://www.healthfreedom.net/
Compounding Pharmacy bill
page: http://www.healthfreedom.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=244
Bill Alert: http://ga4.org/campaign/compounding
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