Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren are pushing federal agencies to loosen restrictions on testosterone to make it easier for trans people to access the hormone.
Many transmasculine and nonbinary people need testosterone as part of their transition, to align their gender expression with their identity or alleviate the distress of gender dysphoria. It’s a crucial step for the mental and emotional health of many trans people. Testosterone is also a controlled substance, which means accessing it can be fraught — and the restrictions can leave some without access to their prescriptions.
— no longer federally restricted — or categorized as a controlled substance with a lower potential for abuse. “That would be a very, very useful thing and it could absolutely change many trans men’s lives,” Hargrove said. Many trans peopleon unsanctioned methods — like ordering from online pharmacies without a prescription — when the financial and transportation barriers to access gender-affirming care become too great, he said.
“I have patients who can’t fill prescriptions before they go on vacation because it’s too many days before their next prescription is due. So then they go without doing their medication for however long it is before they can come back to the pharmacy,” he said.
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