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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Just reading what you quote, there seems to be both good and bad aspects to this.
I find it odd that, apparently, things like herbal remedies, suppliments, vitamins, etc aren't necessarily regulated like other drugs and treatments are. Is this a bad thing? Probably only for those that push them. And I suspect those that push them are behind this website.
Bottled water and blueberries falling under control of the Food and Drug Act. Armageddon, I tells ya. ARMAGEDDON!
The apparent changes to the process of approving drugs and medications is something to be considered, however I find it hard to trust the word of one special interest group in its condemnation of another special interest group.
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Good post.
As soon as I see the words "big pharma" I'm inclined to think the site is put together by the various quack remedy purveyors.. maybe not, but I haven't heard the term used by many other people.
I'd support something that required a lot of the supplements and remedies being pushed to the public to adhere to the same standards as the rest of medicine. So rather than being able to fly under the radar with some kind of disclaimer that the treatment isn't for therapeutic use (while implying all kinds of claims about healing powers), these quacks would actually have to prove their claims.
I'm probably hoping for too much though, I don't know if this bill does this but I doubt it.