Cass review urges ‘extreme caution’ in prescribing puberty blockers to trans youth

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• tegs_terry@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Personally I’d recommend extreme caution in all medical matters

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Prescribing the puberty blockers (i.e., delaying the issue) is the extreme cautious option.

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  • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    This is the claim from the Guardian article about this:

    Puberty blockers and hormone treatment had been given to young patients despite a lack of research into their impact

    Frankly I find that hard to swallow, given that puberty blockers existed long before they were used to treat trans people. Puberty blockers were used to treat children with extremely early puberty, their effects are generally well known. Sure, there’s always the classic “more study is needed” line in academia, but this almost presents it as careless implementation of a new drug, rather than a known and approved drug given to more people.

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    • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      1. Don’t do the research

      2. Insist that the lack of research necessitates extreme caution, or even a ban

      3. ???

      4. Protect…women?

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• vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  We’re trying to solve with medicine what we should be solving with therapy.

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  • Woozythebear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    You can delay puberty with therapy?

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    • Streetlights@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You can treat dysphoria without immediately resorting to drugs.

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• Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  independent.co.uk/…/cass-review-gender-identity-n…

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  • Reach@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Every article has spin. Neutrality is not a thing that exists.

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