http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/supplement-regulation.html medical blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:05:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/supplement-regulation.html/comment-page-1#comment-75143 Mike Wed, 16 May 2007 22:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/supplement-regulation.html#comment-75143 See my blog today (5/16) for my thoughts on this topic, but to sum it up: there is no need to regulate 99% of them because they DON'T DO ANYTHING! Why regulate placebos? See my blog today (5/16) for my thoughts on this topic, but to sum it up: there is no need to regulate 99% of them because they DON’T DO ANYTHING! Why regulate placebos?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/supplement-regulation.html/comment-page-1#comment-75116 Val Jones Wed, 16 May 2007 12:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/supplement-regulation.html#comment-75116 As NCCAM and others are now systematically reviewing the evidence for herbs and supplements, it strikes me as a little bit odd that the government is not also getting into the regulation game. I suppose it would be a nightmare to try to ensure quality control in the supplement world. But as we find lead in vitamins (a public health hazard), and demonstrate therapeutic effects in some bioactive substances that happen to be unregulated... it would make sense to me to consider some sort of system for helping consumers get safe doses of the herbs that may be useful for their condition. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? As NCCAM and others are now systematically reviewing the evidence for herbs and supplements, it strikes me as a little bit odd that the government is not also getting into the regulation game. I suppose it would be a nightmare to try to ensure quality control in the supplement world. But as we find lead in vitamins (a public health hazard), and demonstrate therapeutic effects in some bioactive substances that happen to be unregulated… it would make sense to me to consider some sort of system for helping consumers get safe doses of the herbs that may be useful for their condition. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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