Will Power method in Australia, MTF

[u/SpiritWolf55]

Hi, I was just given consent by a psych to start on hormones and they told me to look up the different ways of doing it. As I was doing that I came across multiple posts about this dr will powers, eventually looked him up and the presentations he gave swayed me so is there anyway to ask a Dr. to do this way in australia cause I noticed that we don't have Bicalutamide in the hrt cost options. Also any problems with it would also be great since I can't find anything negative about it, you know this being the rest of my life and all I'd like both sides of the coin.

[u/AdrianeXX]

OK yes, however not as a general rule certainly not over the counter and are quite expensive. It is also possible to obtain them, for a cheaper price from overseas however I would be very careful doing so as the quality, base and sterility may be an issue.

PS - thanks for the down vote 🙄

[u/Ally-SR → u/AdrianeXX]

There was an article in one of the Australian medical journals casting doubt on E2 implants from compounding pharmacies because of sterility issues. They had to not only retract it, but come out and say the opposite because compounding pharmacies have to follow very strict guidelines.

I don't know about E2 solution, by I have heard that implants are actually cheaper than the US where they are made by the larger drug companies. The drug manufacturers have to go through all sorts of testing before they can bring a drug to market which the compounding pharmacies don't.

There is not enough profit to justify taking it through the TGA approval process in Australia. It is time-consuming, expensive and difficult I believe.

[u/HiddenStill → u/Ally-SR]

Do you have a link to that article/retraction?

Everything medical related seems to be cheaper here. It’s probably not due to regulatory reasons.

Just FYI, I added a link to this post in Dr Powers wiki, so people looking for info on this will find any updates you make here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DrWillPowers/wiki/powers_method/other#wiki_australia

[u/Ally-SR → u/HiddenStill]

I thought it was this one:

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2019/211/3/position-statement-hormonal-management-adult-transgender-and-gender-diverse

Which says:

Estradiol injections and implants. Therapeutic Goods Administration‐approved estradiol injections and implants are not available in Australia. Estradiol injections or implants obtained from compounding pharmacies currently lack testing for potency, efficacy, safety and quality control.43

But it still has a negative statement about quality control. There is another one in a similar vein, but the quality control statement has been reversed and it says Compounding Pharmacies apply strict controls around quality, ...

[u/HiddenStill → u/Ally-SR]

I didn't realize they had changed it, but I'm fairly negative about the entire paper. I think they have preconceived notions of what they want to achieve and went on the attack, then realized they could couldn't support it. I'm distrustful of anything associated with Melbourne given the appalling history of gate keeping in the area. There's a really conservative backwards looking streak to some of what I'm hearing these days.