Comment on Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says

Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We have decades of studies. You do not know what you are talking about.

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  • Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Clearly NHS based their decision on different studies, but vy all means feel free to share

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    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why should I bother trying to educate you when you won’t even leave the article you’re arguing over?

      Puberty blockers have been well-studied and widely-used since the late 1980s. They have been routinely used to pause puberty in adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria, treat children who enter puberty too early and help adults living with a range of other medical conditions.

      Links included in the article btw. Go nuts. But please, by all means, tell me how we don’t have almost 40 years of research on this proving this policy is unnecessary.

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      • Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Both the health service in Sweden and Britain has recommended a complete stop to hormone blockers to children, citing lack of evidence to support the procedure.

        And yet here you are, with studies and shit, saying the complete opposite. Maybe you can take your ‘evidence’ (and no, the linked article is not an unbiased source) to them; they might change their minds. Seems to me the right course of action since you are so invested.

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      • Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doctors used to regularly treat patients with mercury and blood letting. Then more data came out to say it was bad so they stopped doing it. That’s how medicine works.

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  • C126@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I For someone interested in reading the studies, can you point some out on the long term effects?

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• TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Funny that international studies show otherwise…

  Welcome to my blocked list.

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• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Given the drug has been used for almost 40 years. Lack of evidence it is safe. Is just a political way of saying we have no evidence it is dangerous.

  After 40 years of clinical use. With many patients benifiting from its application. And the medications passing the medical trials standards of the 1980s. Pretty much any other medication the NHS has banned or restricted use of. Was because of new evidence. Not the lack of it.

  Restricting a long used medicine with a lack of evidence. Is a political not a scientific choice.

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  • Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have no idea what you source those beliefs on but research dome in Sweden just last year concludes:

    Data on the effects on psychosocial health are lacking but there is some evidence that hormonal treatment may impact on bone maturation.

    news.ki.se/systematic-review-on-outcomes-of-hormo…

    So no, I would not claim it is risk free, especially when given to children.

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• steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I believe there are exceptions to the ban in the case of studies that are actively taking place. This isn’t a complete halt on their use; just the general prescription has been paused.

  The side effects like the effects on bone density and brain development do seem concerning and merit more investigation.

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  • Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, stated as a recommendation until supporting evidence of its benefits can be found. The thing is that the side effects as you mentioned are well known and can unediably be linked to the therapy, thus warranting caution.

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