Even in red states that block hormone and puberty blockers for children, there is rarely discussion of their all-too-real dangers. From A Midwestern Doctor at midwesterndoctor.com:
Again and again, these drugs are pushed on defenseless patients because of how much money they make
Story at a Glance:
•Puberty blockers used for transgender medicine belong to a class of drugs (GnRH agonists) which permanently block the production of sex hormones in the body. As hormones are essential for the body, GnRH agonists are amongst the most harmful drugs on the market.
•Originally approved (with grave reservations from the FDA) as a palliative treatment for severe prostate cancer, these drugs (e.g., Lupron) have rapidly proliferated into a wide range of areas in medicine, including routine prostate cancer, a myriad of female issues (e.g., endometriosis) and all sorts of experimental uses on children (e.g., making them taller).
•This proliferation was due to manufacturers pricing the drugs to generate enormous profits for themselves and doctors (in many cases constituting most of urology practices’ revenues)—likely why most urologists, when surveyed, admitted prescribing Lupron despite not believing it worked.
•These drugs rapidly age the body, causing permanent and crippling side effects, including severe bone loss, pain, soft tissue damage, severe pain hormonal disruption, sexual dysfunction, psychiatric issues, cognitive impairment, cancer risks, and cardiovascular and gastrointestinal disorders.
•Their use in transgender children to block puberty stems from an unproven theory that it ultimately leads to a more satisfying gender transition in adulthood. However, while aggressively advocating for them and publicly claiming these drugs are safe, effective, and reversible, in private, the group authoring the medical guidelines have admitted they have no idea what they are doing and know there are serious safety issues with the drugs.
•This article will expose the hidden truths about hormone blockers, the forgotten generations whose lives were ruined by them, and extensive documentation showing how dangerous these ‘safe and effective’ drugs are.
Transgenderism has rapidly become one of the most contentious political issues in our country and due to its rapid rise, a variety of theories have been put forward to explain where it emerged from. Remarkably, I almost never see what I believe to be one of the most important facets of the topic discussed—the immense dangers of hormonal blockers routinely used in this field or the appalling history of these drugs and how again and again, they’ve been thrust into new markets they had no place ever being used in because of how profitable they are.
