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You wouldn't pirate a medicine, would you?

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean if you're going to die without access, roll the dice.

[–] adelita2938@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or if your access would be bullshit constrained.

Endocrinologists fuck up hormone dosages on a regular enough basis that transfems will buy the estrogen powder, convert to injectable solution, and do it themselves.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Okay and that happens with OTC medications, too. I have a family member who's solution to everything is a *pill. Always taken in half or double, triple, quadruple dosages. Older and runs to the doctor for a sneeze too.

You can lead a jackass to water, but you can neither make them drink nor prevent them from drowning. Or in this instance, giving themselves hyponatremia.

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