The Government has assured that there is “no sign” of suspected reaction to treatment with puberty blockers in trans youthaccording to a parliamentary response.
“To date, no sign of suspected adverse reaction additional to those that appear in the technical specifications of these medicines has been identified, nor has it been reported by other sources to the European Safety Committee (PRAC),” it points out. in response to VOX’s questionon whether the Executive will adopt measures “to promote the cessation of the ordinary administration of puberty blockers in minors.”
Specifically, the training led by Santiago Abascal indicates that The British health services have discovered that this treatment has “irreversible consequences” for patients, such as “brain damage, permanent infertility and other long-term risks.”
The Executive adds that the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), in relation to the use of medicines under conditions other than those authorized, is responsible for notifying suspected adverse reactions to the holder of the marketing authorization, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 1344/2007, of 11 of October, which regulates the pharmacovigilance of medicines for human use.
It also highlights that the Government, through the Ministry of Youth and Children, “defends the rights of children, their full development, protection and participation in society.” Likewise, he emphasizes that, regarding the right to health “It must be guaranteed that children can live according to their gender«.
The Government’s response goes in the opposite direction of what most European countries are saying about the consumption of blockers.
The United Kingdom’s public health service, one of the pioneering health services in this type of treatment, has banned blockers in minors on the grounds that there is no scientific evidence how safe it is to take them or whether they are clinically effective to justify their prescription to children and young people “in transition.”
The state of Florida in the United States also decided to ban them in March of last year as it did not consider them safe.
In recent months, multiple reports have shown that these treatments in minors can cause infertility, osteoporosis, muscle pain, menopause, among other consequences. Other studies assure that the effects are also intellectual, generating long-term consequences on intelligence and memory.
