"Women in Balance" is one of our favorite educational resources both for patients and for health care practitioners. It will answer many of your questions and concerns about scientific support for Alternative Hormone Replacemant Therapies, safety and efficacy issues and you'll find here a comprehensive review of the latest studies on the topic of hormonal therapy.

www.womeninbalance.org

Women in Balance is a national, non-profit organization comprised of women, doctors, health care professionals, national organizations and their members dedicated to supporting safe, effective and natural solutions for women's health issues in general and for the menopausal transition in particular.

If you'd like to keep youself up-to-date with the news or learn about some legal aspects in the pharmacy world, you are welcome to browse any of the links provided below. Please be advised that these sites are suggested for your independent evaluation and they are not necessarily endorsed nor guaranteed.

http://www.ncpanet.org

The National Community Pharmacists Association, founded in 1898 as the National Association of Retail Druggists (NARD), represents the pharmacist owners, managers, and employees of nearly 25,000 independent community pharmacies across the United States.

www.nabp.net

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) is the only professional association that represents the state boards of pharmacy in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, New Zealand, eight Canadian Provinces, two Australian states, and South Africa.

Browsing this site you may have a better understanding of what are the USP ingredients used for compunding purposes.

www.usp.org

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is the official public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States.

www.iacprx.org

The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) is an international, non-profit association protecting and promoting the art and skill of pharmaceutical compounding.