Hey peeps,

Considering how frothingfash -ish the chuds have been lately, we’re a couple steps removed from them claiming we’re all witches that hexed the economy or something. I thought it might be a good time to get an updated thread going on anything to do with sourcing your HRT.

Be it through conventional means and if you’ve been having trouble with certain pharmacy companies, states (assuming you live in Burgereich), or insurance. Or grey market successes or failures, shipping times, reliability, etc. Or adventures in DIY!

Please share any news of what you’re seeing and hearing on restrictions, blocks, or protections. Any new online stores or ones that are changing or closing?

Please include details and links, but do not share specifics that could doxx you. For instance, insurance may have a state name in it or a pharmacy may be a small regional chain.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’ll put in my own diy contribution.

    I’ve been doing those “stickies” for many months now. Some people have commented on how good my skin and hair looks. I’m noticing more changes to my face and body, but I’m still riding a low dose and haven’t gotten blood work done. I’ll share when I eventually get my panels done. I’ve gotten better at making them and I find that keeping them as dry as possible white still being workable is the key. I’ve got a little under 6 months left with just a handful of pills to make them. I’m planning to go grey market to stay off of my insurances radar because I’m extra paranoid.

    Thinking about doing a really big order of pills soon so I have years worth.

      • BimboChristmas [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        4 months ago

        You can get LTC on Venmo and pay with that, if you don’t want to work with any crypto-specific platforms. There’s like a week or so where it’s frozen before you can spend it, but the price is not so volatile that that is a big problem.

    • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Also pghrt.diy is a very good guide on feminizing hrt in general. I use it irl, it is basically the best summary on the internet I am aware of. Alk tze information needed about different types of hrt, of esters and how to read your bloods.

  • soyaEnjoyer [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    for vials i last used a vendor who’s closed down and now almost everyone in yurop seems to be out of stock. lena is still around though

    https://diyhrt.market/ continues to be very good for your other bits. i’ve been using unitedpharmacies listed on there for 7 years and never had an issue

  • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Currently in Europe we only have these two big suppliers:

    -Zelda: local distro in Paris, Berlin and Madrid afaik, orders per email, min order of 5 vials (25€ for 5ml at 50 mg/ml)

    -Astrovials: order through webshop, new stock added semi-regularly, 50€ for 10ml at 40mg/ml

    Symphony labs and Voix Celeste just closed, AV had issues with the french postal service but they´re finally fixed.

    Panacea in Australia had to take an indefinite break due to being specifically named in a right wing rag

    OGL should be back up for the US, their Canadian branch closed though

    DIY is in a bad spot right now but it seems to be a perfect storm of bad luck and not a coordinated attack. I´m sure new homebrewers will pop up. If you´re paranoid you can get a kilo of estrogen powder from China through purple panda labs or dragon ordnance and mix it with hand sanitizer to make gel, there´s even a subreddit dedicated to diy estrogel