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GliderGuider

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40. Nope.

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 04:45 PM

Mar 2015

You can't regulate beliefs or behaviors, and that's what this would be an attempt to do. You can't save everyone from themselves. I wouldn't want to live in a society that tried.

Where I live, manufacturers of homeopathic products already have to be extremely cautious in their wording. As get the red out said, the products aren't toxic. IMO in this case it's the beliefs that are toxic. So don't just swing the ban hammer and risk smashing people's civil liberties in the process - start educating people.

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Should the FDA crack down on homeopathic �remedies�? [View all] HuckleB Mar 2015 OP

Considering FDA's severe limits on calling an existing product "improved," this stance seems weak. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #1

No get the red out Mar 2015 #2

So, if someone dies using a homeopathic asthma treatment, that's ok? HuckleB Mar 2015 #5

Not my decision get the red out Mar 2015 #12

So you don't think regulation matters. HuckleB Mar 2015 #13

Not on non-toxic items get the red out Mar 2015 #18

Non-toxic doesn't mean safe. HuckleB Mar 2015 #20

Not strange get the red out Mar 2015 #21

And your disagreement indicates that you are ok with people being harmed by said products. HuckleB Mar 2015 #23

Should we ban everything get the red out Mar 2015 #28

Should we ban scams that can harm people's health? HuckleB Mar 2015 #59

Then the question becomes, who is scamming you? What if it's the FDA? SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #64

Yes, strange. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #24

It doesn't take anything get the red out Mar 2015 #25

Holy crap, that was impressive. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #32

People have freedoms get the red out Mar 2015 #33

Holy hell, you're on a roll. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #35

Please think critically about this. phil89 Mar 2015 #54

And harm comes from the FDA not approving natural remedies SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #65

How about a clear and readable warning that the product is useless? nt. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #27

Fine with me get the red out Mar 2015 #30

*woosh* NuclearDem Mar 2015 #34

Monday is pretty much the best day available... LanternWaste Mar 2015 #36

Uhm, so consumer protections against fraud shouldn't exist? Humanist_Activist Mar 2015 #46

no - the placebo effect works on some Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #3

The placebo effect only works on subjective symptoms. HuckleB Mar 2015 #4

of for fuck's sake, do you understand that asthma attacks kill people? Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #29

Yes, they should. Homeopathy is junk. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #6

An emphatic YES etherealtruth Mar 2015 #7

I'd say that any claim or statement that a product is a treatment for petronius Mar 2015 #8

This Dorian Gray Mar 2015 #22

The Internet is starting to cause that to break down. jeff47 Mar 2015 #39

So then the pharmaceutical companies should have to prove their products are 100% safe! without Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #63

Why does that follow? Marr Apr 2015 #68

Hell yes! n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #9

Yes. LuvNewcastle Mar 2015 #10

Only if they cause an oily discharge n/t Oilwellian Mar 2015 #11

Just leave the metaphysical healers alone ripcord Mar 2015 #14

I think anything that's sold as medicine should be regulated like medicine bhikkhu Mar 2015 #15

The FDA busted General Mills for claiming Cheerios can reduce cholesterol NickB79 Mar 2015 #16

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Mar 2015 #17

Yes. There is nothing in them. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #19

Yes, Homepath remmedies should require actual research to show they work. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #26

The FDA should hold them down and burn them with a crack pipe. Quantess Mar 2015 #31

Yes. Homeopathy is proven quackery. backscatter712 Mar 2015 #37

The laws against fraud should apply. Kalidurga Mar 2015 #38

Nope. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #40

You have to be joking. HuckleB Mar 2015 #50

Nope. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #52

Duh. HuckleB Mar 2015 #60

The FDA monitors use of homeopathic products for adverse events. Avalux Mar 2015 #41

It's plenty feasible, but Big Supplement keeps it from happening. HuckleB Mar 2015 #43

No, they are grandfathered, and should be considered gras. nt bananas Mar 2015 #42

They are worthless scams. HuckleB Mar 2015 #49

It should have the same legal ramifications as a pharmacutical company that... Taitertots Mar 2015 #44

Well, that would include most supplements. HuckleB Mar 2015 #48

To my knowledge most supplements don't say they can cure specific illnesses Taitertots Mar 2015 #53

So you haven't been to a supplement seller's store or web page. HuckleB Mar 2015 #61

How many deaths have resulted from treatment foregone due to the use of homeopathics? GliderGuider Mar 2015 #45

So worthless scams are ok with you. HuckleB Mar 2015 #47

Did I say medicine was bad? GliderGuider Mar 2015 #51

Funny you're asking for evidence now. phil89 Mar 2015 #56

People have a right to try and sell whatever they want that's not illegal. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #57

You have to be kidding. HuckleB Mar 2015 #58

Thanks for the link. 437 people, eh? That's shocking! GliderGuider Mar 2015 #62

This really isn't different from lying bastard pols who promise to help you valerief Mar 2015 #55

Half a century on now... hunter Apr 2015 #66

The first question to ask is are they dangerous to society? Rex Apr 2015 #67