Bioidentical Hormones - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Bioidentical Hormones - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Bioidentical Hormones - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
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Testim<strong>on</strong>y<br />
Of<br />
T.S. Wiley<br />
before the<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Special</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
United States <str<strong>on</strong>g>Senate</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
April 19, 2007<br />
Mr. Chairman, Members of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g>, I am T.S. Wiley and I would like to<br />
thank you for inviting me here today to share my expertise and experience with<br />
menopause and, of course bio-identical horm<strong>on</strong>e replacement therapy and compounding<br />
pharmacy. I am a medical theorist in the field of Darwinian Medicine and<br />
writer/researcher <strong>on</strong> the use of horm<strong>on</strong>es, particularly in postmenopausal women.<br />
I have devised and developed a new method of horm<strong>on</strong>e replacement therapy<br />
(HRT) called the Wiley Protocol for women to use as a more accurate form of<br />
replacement for lost endocrine functi<strong>on</strong>. The remedies available to women suffering from<br />
horm<strong>on</strong>e deficiency are woefully inadequate. The commercial pharmaceutical offerings<br />
are either bio-identical and too low in dosage to have efficacy, or synthetic drugs, far too<br />
dangerous to take. Here in the United States, there are over 40 milli<strong>on</strong> women between<br />
the ages of 40 and 60.<br />
Worldwide, about 25 milli<strong>on</strong> women enter menopause annually. It is estimated<br />
that by the year 2030, that number will increase to 47 milli<strong>on</strong> women per year. Since<br />
1900, in the developed countries, the life expectancy of women has increase from age 47<br />
to well over age 80, however, the average <strong>on</strong>set of menopause has remained at 50 as<br />
recorded for the last 150 years. That means, overall, women are living at least thirty years<br />
l<strong>on</strong>ger than they did at the turn of the century.<br />
Our society has never felt the impact of the majority of women living 30 or more<br />
years in a horm<strong>on</strong>e deficient state. It w<strong>on</strong>'t be pretty. Right now, modem medicine keeps<br />
us propped up with antibiotics and surgery, thanks to blood transfusi<strong>on</strong> and anesthesia.<br />
But just being alive does not assure "quality of life." Without it, extended lifespan is far<br />
less than a gift. It's estimated that eighty percent of women experience a variety of