Hello! I had figured out that I was trans around the time when I first entered puberty, but decided against transitioning as Turkey wasn’t really the most progressive place on earth and it would’ve been really hard. But I just can’t take it anymore this way, and I’ve decided to transition at least when I’m independent from my family and have some level of financial security.
Though it seems that our government is trying to crack down on gender affirming care (a law draft got proposed a month ago in support for increasing the age limit for gender affirming care to 25, and prison sentences for people helping in providing DIY methods), so I want to at least stock up on meds while I still can.
So is it possible to store them (Climen and Androcur tablets) safely for years to come?
Can’t comment on the specific drugs, nor is it likely you can 100% predict how long a drug will last. There are lots of factors.
However, there are a few things you can do to improve the shelf life of any pill form drug. The most immediate causes of degradation are exposure related. Get some high quality vacuum sealing bags and food grade silica packets. Take the pills out of the bottles so it’s easier to remove as much air as possible. Next, store them in a container that is as opaque as possible. That will help reduce degradation from air, water, and light.
This won’t totally stop the drugs from degrading, but it should make it take a lot longer. So the potency will be reduced, but not totally.
The issue is going to be dosage. The drugs will not degrade at an even rate no matter what you do. So some pills may be more potent than others, so you’re going to risk over-dosing if you try to compensate for potency loss by increasing dosage. This is the main reason pills have an expiration date. But IMHO it’s not much more risky than a lot of DIY HRT. Unfortunately, it’s just the necessity of anti-trans hate.