NICE recommended treatments unfortunately do not cover the time for many in perimenopause when oestrogen is too high - apart from subduing the cycle with high oestrogen. I only take progesterone cream and if I add even a slightly herbal estrigenic I feel terrible again.
I personally think it's best that we just stick with our own experiences on here, as we can all Google if we want to find detailed research and professional opinions on certain products or regimes. Here should surely be for if you have been helped by compounded (or patches, Studd, herbals, procedures, LadyCare Magnets... whatever) then you should post about it. Alternatively, if you've been hurt by these then you should also post so that members can get a balance and be alerted if, for example, lots of women have had bad side effects or issues from compounded hormones - which I certainly haven't noticed here. If not, then it's not really helpful to over-state opinions about big pharma vs little pharma. That I guess is when things become contentious.
Others' experience is, for me, so much more valuable than the general consensus as you know there is nothing behind it but the facts, accepting of course that everyone's experience may still be different.
Also to add that I have used both Marion Gluck's Clinic and Jan Toleadano's new one and I've only been asked to get blood tests not saliva (but I know some clinics do this, perhaps not in the UK?). They also would never prescribe progesterone cream with standard ERT as the latter is too potent. They will combine with tiny amounts of estradiol but all in line with ensuring the lining stays safe. It may be different outside of the UK though and that is where others' experience can help teach us about even more options.