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Report: Children May Be Able to Buy Cross-Sex Hormones Online without Prescription
Do No Harm reports minors can access cross-sex hormones online without prescriptions, urging FDA to investigate unregulated vendors to protect children from health risks.
- This week, Do No Harm called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate minors' online access to cross-sex hormones, citing unverified vendors. The group emphasized the need for protections and medical oversight.
- Do No Harm cautioned children should not receive exogenous hormones without medically justified reasons like hypogonadism, warning these drugs pose risks of heart attack, stroke and certain cancers.
- In its review, Do No Harm flagged online vendor databases like DIYHRT.Market and resource sites such as HRT Cafe, noting some lack safeguards and explicit statements that no prescriptions are required.
- Do No Harm urged U.S. federal and state agencies to investigate online 'homebrewed' marketplaces, noting several explicitly say no prescription is required, while acknowledging it could not verify all policies.
- Cross-Border vendor networks could enable minors to access hormones from foreign online pharmacies, raising enforcement challenges, Do No Harm said.
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Do No Harm Report Reveals Lack of Guardrails Preventing Minors from Obtaining Cross-Sex Hormones Online
Today, medical watchdog Do No Harm released a report titled “The Lack of Barriers to Minors Ordering Cross-Sex Hormones Online,” exposing how online pharmacies may enable minors to access sex-denying interventions without a prescription or age verification. The report also urges the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further investigate and regulate online pharmacies selling hormones without requiring prescriptions. Do No Harm’s report warns …
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