Guest guest Posted May 14, 2003 Report Share Posted May 14, 2003 Hi Cindi, Since this is a pharmaceutically driven idea, with this legislation they will win either way. Either the pharmaceutical companies will absorb their competition and be the only source for these supplements or they will break the " alternative health consumer habit " and people will be forced to rely on pharmaceuticals because there will be no other option. Did you hear how 80% of supplements were taken off the shelf in Australia, this last week? In one week, 80% of vitamins & minerals were removed from the shelf!! Why? Because of unsubstantiated rumors the machines involved in making the pills were tainted. Ironically, the pharmaceuticals being manufactered by those very same machines were not mentioned nor removed from the public. Things that make you go, hmmmmmmm.... Be Well, Misty http://www..com Re: Stop SB722- Keep Vitamin/Herbal Supplements Prescription Free This seems a little weird and backwards to me since they are now changing quite a few prescription meds to over the counter. Some how I don't think a lot of doctors are going to want to increase their already-overloaded practices by having to write prescriptions for vitamins and herbs.... Sounds to me that Dick Durbin is a control freak.... Cindi " Misty L. Trepke " wrote: > Hi everyone, > Here is the Senate Bill number and contact information needed to > oppose the legislation that will make vitamins/herbs/minerals > available only through a prescription. > Again, if this speaks to you please spread this information far and > wide! > Be Well, > Misty > http://www..com > > Stop Senate Bill 722 > > I received a notification that there is a bill coming before the > Senate > introducted by a Senator in Illinois - Dick Durbin (D), who is > trying to > get the Supplemental and dietary Act that was passed in 1994 > revoked. > Which means we would no longer be able to buy and sell any kind of > viatmin, herbal or mineral supplements without strict controls such > as by > prescription from a doctor (who don't know beans from bats about > supplements and herbs). I will find out more about this and let you > know so > you can get the info out to your list about contacting their > congressmen > about getting this bill stopped. > > This pending legislation would grant " extreme and unnecessary > expansion of FDA authority over dietary supplements " . > > You can email your senator thru this website -- and, there is a > complete discussion of the implication of the bill there, as well. > > http://capwiz.com/nnfa/issues/alert/?alertid=2103491 & type=CO The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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