Dr. Erika Schwartz

I started taking care of myself according to what I was trained and it wasn't working. And then one of my patients came in and showed me this prescription and said, why don't you order this at the compounding pharmacy, which I didn't even know what it was. So she said, just write it for me in California. So I wrote it.

I didn't, you know, it was just basically estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, hormones that our body make. So I was like, oh, okay. The woman came back and she was very happy. And I said, what's going on? And she's like, oh, this is what I need. It's wonderful.

I didn't, you know, it was just basically estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, hormones that our body make. So I was like, oh, okay. The woman came back and she was very happy. And I said, what's going on? And she's like, oh, this is what I need. It's wonderful.

I didn't, you know, it was just basically estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, hormones that our body make. So I was like, oh, okay. The woman came back and she was very happy. And I said, what's going on? And she's like, oh, this is what I need. It's wonderful.

So when I went into menopause and I was taking the conventional stuff and it wasn't working, I thought, hmm, let me go back to this pharmacy. So I wrote to the guy at the pharmacy and I ordered the stuff. And I said, can you send me some literature? Remember, this is the 1990s. So there's no Internet. There's no Google. There's nothing.

So when I went into menopause and I was taking the conventional stuff and it wasn't working, I thought, hmm, let me go back to this pharmacy. So I wrote to the guy at the pharmacy and I ordered the stuff. And I said, can you send me some literature? Remember, this is the 1990s. So there's no Internet. There's no Google. There's nothing.

So when I went into menopause and I was taking the conventional stuff and it wasn't working, I thought, hmm, let me go back to this pharmacy. So I wrote to the guy at the pharmacy and I ordered the stuff. And I said, can you send me some literature? Remember, this is the 1990s. So there's no Internet. There's no Google. There's nothing.

So except for the libraries and the libraries that I was going to were the medical school library. So obviously they had this much information about anything to do with women's health.

So except for the libraries and the libraries that I was going to were the medical school library. So obviously they had this much information about anything to do with women's health.

So except for the libraries and the libraries that I was going to were the medical school library. So obviously they had this much information about anything to do with women's health.

Right. So I said to the guy, send me some stuff. So he sends me some literature and it's pretty good. And it's in the real journals. And it was before we knew that it was all fake. The stuff that they published in the medical journals that were paid for by pharma. But we didn't think that anyway. So it made sense.

Right. So I said to the guy, send me some stuff. So he sends me some literature and it's pretty good. And it's in the real journals. And it was before we knew that it was all fake. The stuff that they published in the medical journals that were paid for by pharma. But we didn't think that anyway. So it made sense.

Right. So I said to the guy, send me some stuff. So he sends me some literature and it's pretty good. And it's in the real journals. And it was before we knew that it was all fake. The stuff that they published in the medical journals that were paid for by pharma. But we didn't think that anyway. So it made sense.

And I said, well, why don't you send me whatever you had sent to this woman that I ordered for? And I spent like $450, which was a lot of money in 1996, 97. And I get this box with a zillion things. It has syringes with creams. It has powders. It has pills. It has all kinds of things. And I was like, oh, you know, you kind of need a degree in biochemistry to figure out what to do.

And I said, well, why don't you send me whatever you had sent to this woman that I ordered for? And I spent like $450, which was a lot of money in 1996, 97. And I get this box with a zillion things. It has syringes with creams. It has powders. It has pills. It has all kinds of things. And I was like, oh, you know, you kind of need a degree in biochemistry to figure out what to do.

And I said, well, why don't you send me whatever you had sent to this woman that I ordered for? And I spent like $450, which was a lot of money in 1996, 97. And I get this box with a zillion things. It has syringes with creams. It has powders. It has pills. It has all kinds of things. And I was like, oh, you know, you kind of need a degree in biochemistry to figure out what to do.

So I'm like so desperate to feel good because it was like an alien had come into my head. You know, I mean, I'm not moody. I'm usually pretty even tempered. All of a sudden, I'm like, I can't live inside my own body, right? I get a notebook out and I start doing it. And I start following the directions. And within a week, shock of all shockers, I feel like myself. So I'm like, wow.

So I'm like so desperate to feel good because it was like an alien had come into my head. You know, I mean, I'm not moody. I'm usually pretty even tempered. All of a sudden, I'm like, I can't live inside my own body, right? I get a notebook out and I start doing it. And I start following the directions. And within a week, shock of all shockers, I feel like myself. So I'm like, wow.

So I'm like so desperate to feel good because it was like an alien had come into my head. You know, I mean, I'm not moody. I'm usually pretty even tempered. All of a sudden, I'm like, I can't live inside my own body, right? I get a notebook out and I start doing it. And I start following the directions. And within a week, shock of all shockers, I feel like myself. So I'm like, wow.

So I called this guy and I say, listen, I have a lot of patients who I have on the conventional wisdom stuff. I would love to send them to you, but you know, $490 a month is a lot of money. He's like, I don't need you or your patients. And he did me the biggest favor because what he did by saying to me, get lost, is he opened the door for me to learn about