In a recent report, it has been revealed that those children who are made to think that they are born under wrong sex, they are being given drugs to postpone their natural age of puberty. It was done by a team from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London. The drug called hypothalamic blockers was told to be given to patients suffering with gender identity disorder (GID) that the hormones responsible to instigate puberty could be managed.

There are other forms of treatments used for such patients as well to ensure that they are being dealt with utmost care and the desired level of attention. It is being believed that the drug has the capacity to make sure that this effect of the drug is felt by the patients. However, if the drug is told to be stopped taken then puberty resumes immediately.

Moreover, it has been made clear that such drugs are being given only after patients are being given the desired level of physical attention, and this is being done with the joint efforts from endocrinology colleagues at University College London Hospitals (UCLH).

"The blocker reduces the distress associated with pubertal development but is not seen as a first step to physical sex re-assignment, rather it provides an opportunity for further exploration of the young person's feelings”, said Dr. Polly Carmichael, Director of Tavistock's gender identity development service (GIDS), who has assured that there is close look being maintained that no one is being wrongly treated.

It is being told that the blockers are mere part of the collaborative treatment and this treatment does not assure that the child would actually go on to change the sex in the end. This study has extended the ongoing therapeutic exploration in the field of medical science.