The FDA has published two documents recently, which seem to indicate that they are planning to eliminate homeopathic medicines from your menu of choices in your health care.

 

Once again we observe how it is possible to "spin" a statement to take advantage of unconscious assumptions which may not be applicable in any given situation.

 

On 03-19-15 the FDA published an advisory 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 are some highlights from the document which was posted 03/19/2015.

The headline reads: Safety Alerts for Human Medical Products. 

And in huge letters: 

One would think, reading this headline, that some poor victim of asthma had been further injured by taking a homeopathic remedy. But... when we read the actual text of the article, there is NOTHING about any homeopathic remedy causing ill to any patient. It's another version of the "argumentum ad hominem" - if you can't find something wrong with the statement, then cast aspersions on the person who makes the statement - in this case, on the idea of the remedy, since there is no evidence for any damage every caused by a homeopathic remedy properly prepared.

AUDIENCE: Consumer, Pharmacy, Health Professional

 

ISSUE: FDA is warning consumers not to rely on asthma products labeled as homeopathic that are sold over-the-counter (OTC). These products have not been evaluated by the FDA for safety and effectiveness.

 

[this is true, some of these products have not gone through the NDI application process at a cost of approximately 3 million dollars per ingredient. Many of them contain 15 or 20 ingredients at a dilution that is in the parts per trillion.]

... consumers can identify such products by looking for the word "HOMEOPATHIC" or "HOM"

[also true]

 

RECOMMENDATION: Speak to your health care provider if you think you or your child may have asthma. Consumers with asthma can take an active role in managing their condition by making certain they have appropriate treatments on hand in the event they experience an asthma attack or a worsening of asthma symptoms, and by consulting with a health care provider when needed.

[good advice under any circumstances]

 

Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program.

[The implication that products at homeopathic dilution of 1 part per trillion - 6X dilution = 1,000,000,000,000 - are dangerous to one's health. Really? When we are assured that pesticides and estrogen modulating chemicals are perfectly safe at dilutions much more concentrated than 1 part per trillion?]

 

The FDA has also scheduled public hearings on the safely and efficacy of homeopathic medications, on extraordinarily short notice. The actual document was published on 03-27-15 - and the date of the hearings is April 20 and 21, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. That is three weeks from now.

 

Anyone who uses homeopathic remedies for their care, anyone who practices the profession of homeopathic medicine, anyone who manufactures homeopathic remedies, any pharmacy which provides homeopathic medications should be very concerned about the rapidity with which the FDA is moving on this, and the intentionally misleading techniques which are being used, in an attempt to shape the debate before it even begins. I suspect that the plan has been in place for some time, and the urgency is simply one tactic to throw us off balance.

 

The best defense is a good offence. This is as true in football as it is in medicine. In my profession - homeopathic and integrative medicine, we call it preventive medicine.

We may, unfortunately, be past the preventive stage and moving in to the early diagnosis stage right now. Nevertheless, healing is possible.

 

Let us mobilize the players.

• Call, write or e-mail your congressional representatives - both State and National - especially those who are sympathetic to homeopathic, integrative, chiropractic, Oriental and naturopathic medicine.
• Get on Facebook at let your friends know what is happening at the National level to your freedom of choice of medical care.
• Let all your suppliers, pharmacies and health food store managers and owner know what is going on at the Federal level.
• Physicians - learn about homeopathy. Take a course. Read a book. Try a remedy for acute prescribing, for something you know won't kill you. I don't recommend homeopathy as a treatment for diabetic keto-acidosis. But for the sniffles, or for bruising it's amazing!

The best preparation for peace is pre-emptive action in a positive direction. 

 

Help us keep open the option of choice of medical care. 

 

 

 

These medicines are made from herbs, flowers, minerals, animals. They can give the body instruction about modifying its energy systems without actually having to administer the substance - much in the way that a recipe book can give instructions about making a dish without actually having the food itself present. The cook determines which ingredients to use and which to leave out, and also whether the recipe is a success or whether it would be better on this occasion to go to a restaurant.  

   

  

The word "doctor" comes from the Latin word for "teacher". We, as doctors, can only advise and teach. We can shed light on the path that we have followed, in the hope that the lessons we have learned on the journey will be of use to others.   

 

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