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For too long access to necessary medications for menopausal women has been withheld, it is 2025! Androfeme should be on the PBS so ALL women can afford to take it.
Julieann supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenTestosterone for women is an important part of the equation to feeling better and having a greater quality of life for many women and needs to be on the PBS to make it affordable as women will likely be on it for the rest of their lives.
Audrey supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenTruly life-changing. Only wish it had been prescribed much earlier, after my treatment-induced menopause at 34, rather than more than a decade later. I hope this can be accessible to women when clinically needed, not just when it is financially possible. Education of it's availability to GP's too would be helpful.
Kirsten supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenTaking testosterone as part of my HRT, but it’s costing too much. It needs to be on PBS. Women are suffering during perimenopause and menopause
Katia supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenMy GP suggested that I get my Testosterone levels tested as despite being on Estrogen and Progesterone, my suffering was still accute.
It was very low so with much excitement HE wrote me a prescription assuring me that this essential hormone could be the missing tool that I needed in my HRT tool kit.
That excitement quickly vaporised into first, despair then Hulk like anger as the pharmacist told me it was going to cost me $108 to fill the script. I live in Victoria for context. Seriously!
Then I asked the question, "is Testosterone for men listed on the PBS,". Well we all know the answer to that one.
As a 52 year old, single woman, already struggling on a Disability Support Pension and paying an extortionent amount of private rent which equates to three quarters of my pension a fortnight, this is put simply, not even a remote possibility if I want to eat and keep my safe haven which is my home.
When other essential hormone therapies were listed on the PBS including my estrogen gel, I had hope in the Government that FINALLY, FINALLY they were starting to take women's health seriously.
Not adding female Testosterone to the PBS, when it is widely known now and accepted in the medical world, that the majority of women need all THREE hormones to stop SUFFERING because for me I AM SUFFERING, I AM STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND I AM SO TIRED.
Why as women do we continually have to fight to be heard, especially when it comes to healthcare in this country.
This much needed hormone is the ONLY Testosterone in the world specifically made for women and I am so lucky to live in the country who developed it. I am not lucky however, because a group of misogynistic privileged men in some boardroom, somewhere, decided that women's health is not as important as men's, but patted themselves on back by throwing us a few bones to shut us up by listed just three other essential hormone medications to the PBS. This is not good enough. Women deserve better.
Karen supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenTestosterone is not just a male hormone!!! Women need it too especially when it starts to deplete during menopause. It’s bad enough we have to fight to be prescribed MHT and Andro Feme and spend hundreds on supplements to try give us our energy and life back to some normalcy.
Putting it on PBS will make it more affordable and in the process will hopefully educate doctors more that if women have low levels it is needed.
Tanya supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenMenopause symptoms are debilitating and impact cognitive function. While I haven't required testosterone, oestrogen therapy really reduced my cognitive symptoms and made the Alpine emotions which accompanied erratic bleeding feel less intense. I prioritised paying for those meds over groceries while on a government income support. Prior to being on the PBS they (Estradiol and micronised progesterone) were close to $60 per month. If testosterone can be similarly subsidised, it will (along with oestrogen /progesterone replacement) make a huge positive impact....especially on the dignity of women in lower socio economic circumstances.
In fact, as menstruating women who have paid a luxury tax on sanitary products for a large period of our adult lives, any menopausal medication should actually be free. We don't choose these symptoms, or put biology. Especially women who have never required obstetric / gynaecology services....as tax payers we shouldn't be burdened with additional expense when accessing medications to balance out emotional tone and cognitive status.
Toni supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenI'm 57yo. My libido has dropped significantly in the last few years. I enjoy sex but have NO desire for it. I've been talking to GPs about this for years and am yet to receive any help at all. Why are women treated as second class citizens. When issues affect men, there's funding and help available. Women have to beg to get basic healthcare. It's not good enough!!!!@
Rebecca supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenPeri-menopause and menopause, although a normal transition in a woman’s life, can have very debilitating symptoms that deeply impact a woman’s emotional and physical well being. We should be able to access affordable medications to assist our management of these stages of life.
Debbie supported: Subsidise Testosterone Replacement for WomenTestosterone is a barometer for our overall health and well-being. When my doctor suggested we introduce testosterone to my MHT protocol it was like a light inside me had been switched on. I felt like myself again. Not only had my libido returned, but so had my sense of joy and purpose.
At $100 per month, AndroFeme is cost prohibitive to many women who would benefit. Please put AndroFeme on the PBS.
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