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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
When people talk about proof they usually mean the kind of process drug makers go through, years and years and hundreds of millions in research and testing and study. No one is going to do that for bee gunk that anyone can sell for .10 cents a pill. Curing hep c for $1500 a pill is another story. So a lack of clinical proof doesn't mean every otc supplement is bunk. There are several products that have believed to be positive results or potentially positive results.
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The only reason testing does not exist is that it is not required by law. There are billions at stake in this industry. So if there were regulatory requirements to prove efficacy before sale they would be met for many of these products. 10 cents per day for all of North America is about 40 million per day or 12 billion a year. You can do a lot of testing for that amount of money.
And if there were no requirements to prove your Hep C drug worked you would have many more people selling fake Hep C pills. Kinda like the holistic cancer cures already out there.
The industry also actively lobbies to avoid being force to provide testing as it would likely destroy them.