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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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Which is exactly the concern I have about gender affirmation endo
I’ve said before when my dad talked to his endo he didn’t know barely anything about TRT. His endo brought it up before my dad ever had a blood test. He tested slightly below normal like 350ish, normal for his age. His endo said, and my dad wouldn’t lie about this, “if you tell me you have these symptoms I can give you trt regardless of your bloodwork”
My dad said yes, and pays out of pocket. That was a profit driven, and in my dad’s eyes, unnecessary-gains-driven conversation
But gender specializing therapists and endos are going to not have a possible bias (we are all constantly reminded about our unconscious biases, usually its the left lecturing me about race) towards affirmation being the best possible outcome, and then seeing if the person happens to fit that, or some similar mindset. And that’s not even considering the profit motivation. A lifetime of hormones medication is nice, pharma loves when they can put you some drug for life, I reckon
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i don't understand at all what you're saying here, which is fine i guess.
doctors aren't in bed with pharma companies over HRT. that's a baseless conspiracy theory. generally speaking, if a drug has been available long enough for the patent to run out (20 years?) the pharmaceutical companies are not making a massive profit off of them. the newer drugs that you see advertised all over the place are the real money makers, as should be obvious.
your dad's physician makes bank whether your dad takes the trt or not.
edit: patent runs out, which allows for generics to be produced by other pharmaceutical companies