Rationing your hrt transmasc edition:

Author’s Note: This is by no means a foolproof or one size fits all method but this election cycle has left a lot of folks who have never had to face the challenge of rationing their hormones questioning what they should do in the event that they lose medical care. This guide is for all the folks on T who are attempting and/or planning starting a stockpile of their current prescription.

• Consult your current healthcare provider if you haven’t already. I, the author, am not a medical professional and I will not pretend to be. My experience comes from having long periods of time out of the state my prescription can be filled in meaning that I keep more hormones on hand than people who have consistent access to their pharmacy. If you have concerns about your physical, mental or emotional health in regards to your transition please discuss them with your doctor before making any decisions.
• Refill your current prescription as soon as you are able. Ex: If Bobby has 4 weeks left of his current medication and has two unused refills left of his current prescription, he should use one of those refills to begin planning for care in the future.
• Figure out your dosage and do the math. Ex: Sam’s prescription reads “inject 0.3mls subcutaneously weekly”. Sam receives a 28 day supply every time they go to their pharmacy. This means that if they use each vial once they would have about 1 month before they had to go to the pharmacy again. Sam also realizes that he doesn’t use the entire vial of his medication. If Sam wants to extend the period of time between refills from 1 month to 2 months, they would use each vial until it runs out before opening the next vial.

In numbers: 1/ 0.3 = approximately 3.33 doses per vial, but for the sake of human error, we’re going to assume this is actually 2 doses per vial.

If Sam gets 4 vials in each refill and uses each vial twice before moving on, he’d have 8 weeks before having to go back to the pharmacy.

If Sam also has 2 unused vials from his previous refill set aside, he has 12 weeks (approx. 3 months) before he has to go back to pharmacy.

Sam also still has 1 refill left which means that if Sam’s prescription was originally filled on October 11th he wouldn’t have to refill his prescription until January 24 which gives him around3 months before he runs out of meds. This gives him more time to consider his options if he loses access to his healthcare.

Death before detransition!

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