Comments on FDA Guidance for CAM Products and Regulation
There is a crisis in health freedom. On April 30, 2007 the FDA will close the public comment period on a "Guidance" which will classify every alternative practice as medicine so that only licensed physicians can carry out the procedure AND vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc., will suddenly become "untested drugs" which will be forbidden
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Nutrition practitioners are not licensed physicians and the nutrition services we provide are not licensed by the state.
To quote the consent form I have to have clients sign:
My services in nutrition are alternative or complementary to healing arts that are licensed by the State of California. Under sections 2053.5 and 2053.6 of California's Business and Professions Code, I can offer you these services, subject to requirements and restrictions that are described fully on the back of this page(which would be an explanation of my services ( ... )
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http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php/?cat=1
After more reading, I guess it isn't just me that doesn't have a problem with regulating herbs and other supplements (honestly it would be nice to not have to deal with supplements that didn't have RDAs o.0) but its more a problem with the wording of the proposed guidance and its inclusion of words like "medicine" and "treatment" which we as alternative medicine practitioners cannot use (according to the Business and Professions code I mentioned above). If it wasn't for this wording I personally wouldn't have a problem with it at all. I think it would be great to have more scientific research done by institutes that can afford to do double-blind placebo studies to get some solid idea of what supplements can do and the pros and cons of using them as therapy or treatment for X and Y
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