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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  But we don't have the number on supplements and herbs and they can have extremely serious side effects when mixed with certain medicines and just on there own but because there is no one regulating and testing them there are no warnings on the bottle. For all we know those numbers could be even higher mostly because you don't know what you can and can't mix them with or side effects. Like I mentioned take a look at st.Johns wart that is some scary stuff but nothing on the bottle about the terrible stuff it can cause and do you have to do extensive research on it to find out. Whether you like the FDA or not there needs to be someone controlling and testing these things just like other medicines. For all anyone knows long term use of these can cause scary stuff to but know ones knows. |
Agreed. The FDA is grossly underfunded, and that's one reason they are accepting user fees from pharmaceutical companies. I imagine that once they start testing supplements and herbs, they will be accepting user fees from those companies as well. There DOES need to be federal oversight of medicines--otherwise it would be the wild wild west with snake oil salesmen and all. Full federal funding of the FDA would help eliminate potential conflicts of interest. Until then, warts and all, the FDA is the best we have.