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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:21 AM Original message |
The FDA Is About To Confiscate Your Vitamins (Is this true?) |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Someone else posted this article a few days ago, |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not aware of such limits in Canada |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. It strikes me as |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think there needs to be more regulation in this area |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. Gary Null has warned about this. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. THank you, no_hypocrisy! |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. The "trilateral agreement" is real |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Garlic folks natural antibiotic and vitamins from oranges, these these... there is no words... |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sort of... Here's the FDA link - Complementary & Alt Medicine Products & their Regulation by the FDA |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Wow! Your first link, I read some and got screaming mad! |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Uh, no. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Excerpt from FDA |
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democrat_06 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Dick Durbin has been leading the |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Follow the money. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. answer me a question.... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Post in the wrong place? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Oh sorry I did mispost, and misread |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Why do you object? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Wow! A dem has been doing this? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. In some cases, supplements NEED to be regulated |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. The part about Europe seems to be wrong |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. you can buy vitamins over the counter in the UK |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Indeed you can. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. LOL! 'Boots' is full of them! |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. No. And yes. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is a myth |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. "Regulation is a good thing!" - That depends... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ephedra was dangerous...and I took it and it scared me! |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Ephedra worked wonders for my allergies |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It killed people who didn't know the dangers |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Peanuts can kill people too |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. so then |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yeah |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. "If people have an averse reaction to something they shouldn't take it"? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Ephedra is the only thing that ever worked for |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I do not have heart problems and it bothered me. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Few did have heart problems |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is BS..... |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Heated rocks is a form of massage..... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I know.... |
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irish.lambchop (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. They'll have to pry my vitamins out of my cold, dead hands! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. NO. Check out "Health" forum on DU for many more topics on issue. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Where's the science? A few questions for you - |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. If it is claimed to treat a condition, act as medicine, it may be regulated. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thanks. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. They'll get my totally useless homeopathic remedy when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands! |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. I can already envision people selling black market yoga mats out of the backs of vans. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. They can't protect us from being poisoned by peanut butter, but.... |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Ain't that the truth! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That;s why they haven't "heard" us.... |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. It comes down to choice |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. No, it's not true |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You are a trusting soul |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I have some cat food and dog food I need to sell interested? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
55. Members of my family swear by Glucosomine for their joint pain, and |
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