FDA Pushing To Regulate Homeopathy Out of Existence

[DeeDee]

Mmmm K. Sounds to me like the AVMA against raw food deal all over again, but worse. And even faster to boot.


http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/fda-pushing-regulate-homeopathy-out-existence1?page=1

Why is there a sudden push by the FDA to label homeopathic remedies as dangerous? Why is there a need to regulate substances that have been used for hundreds of years with out any issues? What does the FDA have to gain?

The FDA has published two documents recently, which suggest that WAR is being declared on the profession of homeopathic medicine – or at least on the manufacture of homeopathic remedies, which comes to the same thing in the end. What is a homeopath without homeopathic remedies?

On March 19, 2015 the FDA published an advisory (called a "safety alert") about homeopathic asthma OTC medications, recommending that patients be wary, and that health care practitioners be sure to report any adverse effects to the FDA. Here is the link to that safety alert:   http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm439014.htm

The FDA has since that date scheduled public hearings on "the current use of human drug and biological products labeled as homeopathic, as well as the Agency's regulatory framework for such products. These products include prescription drugs and biological products labeled as homeopathic and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs labeled as homeopathic."

Here is the link to the document which was published on March 27, 2015 – not even 10 days after the March 19th safety alert. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/03/27/2015-07018/homeopathic-product-regulation-evaluating-the-food-and-drug-administrations-regulatory-framework 

The date of the hearings is set for April 20 and 21, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. That is three weeks from first publication of the announcement.

There are 2 pages that go on about all of the issue.

[Middle Child]

BigPharma losing a fraction of their astronomical profits because people are turning to other remedies.

Yep, same story as pet food.

[Lola]

*sigh*  ...

[Pookie]

I think the AVMA did go after homeopathy a few years ago.  I seem to remember Dr. Hovfe having something about it on her site.

I didn't read the links, but I find it . . . interesting . . . that The Powers That Be will say that homeopathic remedies don't have any active ingredient in them, and therefore are ineffective, but they have concerns that there may be adverse effects.  So, either the remedies do something or they don't.  Which is it?

BTW, Cold-Eeze is labeled as a homeopathic remedy -- it says it on the box.  Will the FDA go after that, too?

*sigh*

[DeeDee]

Willow bark tea still works for fever--just like the aspirin that was developed because of willow bark tea.

Autumn crocus still works just like colchicine tablets do for things like gout and my FMF--but now in today's world, the tablets manufactured are safer because the dosing is more exact. Being exact is important because the autumn crocus is a poison with no remedy in case of overdose--colchicine tablets are the same poison. Chemically they're still the same thing.

I'm not sure how they can deny instances like that (where the medicine was developed because of the herbal cures) as having no REAL medical use. There are a LOT of today's medicines that were developed to be safer and more exact than the herbs that gave them the idea of developing the man-made versions. That's not to say that the herbs are less effective or harmful in the hands of the proper homeopathic practitioners who have probably studied more than today's general practitioner practicing medicine a hospital.

I'm sorry, but there's just no denying the efficacy of herbal, homeopathic medicine that has been around longer than drug companies who want to stop their competition because they're missing out on the dollars.

[Pookie]

There is a difference between herbal medicines and homeopathy.  Herbal medicines contain the actual herb, or compounds of the herb, whereas homeopathy does not.  Herbs also treat on a physical (and in Chinese herbal medicine) an energetic level.

In homeopathy, it is the energy of the plant, animal, rock, etc. that is being used.  So bee venom, for example, will be diluted in water hundreds or thousands of times, to the point where it can't be detected in the water.  That is why it's considered a "bogus" healing modality.  Modern science seems to think we are all just empty vessels walking around, and forgets that we are energy (or spirit, or whatever you prefer to call it) living inside a body.  Homeopathy treats the energy of the person or animal, using the energy of the whatever was used to make the remedy.

I just wanted to clarify for anyone reading this thread who may think herbal medicines and homeopathy are the same.  They have similarities, but they also have significant differences.

[DeeDee]

The FDA will find a way to tie it all together though. Watch and see.