Vitamin B6 now illegal

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Original sender's name: Kenshealth.com Original sender's address: newisahome > In response to petition from a big drug company, Vitamin B6, you’ve> known of it, and likely taken it for years, has been declared a drug> by the FDA. What could be so bad about it that the FDA is ruling that> some varieties be pulled from the shelves and not sold as dietary> supplements?> > Pyridoxamine is a compound that makes up vitamin B6. It has been> readily available, and easily sold for years as a dietary supplement.> Up until recently, there has been no news about it. Even now, the news> that does exist is somewhat under the radar. In 2005, a> pharmaceutical company called Biostratum began developing a new drug> to treat diabetic kidney disease. The only hitch in the plan came when> investors in the company found that the only active ingredient in this> new drug (Pyidorin) was pyridoxamine. Pyridorin had already gone> through two phases of clinical trials, so by now so much money had> been spent that petitioning to have pyridoxamine declared as a drug> was not out of order.> > After this bombshell revelation they lost funding for phase three of> clinical trials, even though the first two had been successful.> Success that was due mainly to the inclusion of an existing dietary> supplement. Now what? Change the formulation? Rethink the original> strategy? Ban the previously sold, naturally occurring supplement> altogether? If you guessed the third option then you could probably> secure a position in Biostratums board of directors because that’s> exactly what they did. Biostratum fought to ban all previously> existing forms of pyridoxamine and label them as “adulterated”.> > Earlier this year the FDA ruled that pyridoxamine can no longer be> sold and their direct comment on the issue was “To allow such an> article to be marketed as a dietary supplement would not be fair to> the pharmaceutical company that brought, or intends to bring, the drug> to market.”> > Unbelievable! Check out kenshealth.com for more details.> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~> To to this group, send email to:> MedicalConspiracies- (AT) googl (DOT) com> Vitamin B6 now ILLEGAL ! ! (kidney, diet, vitamins, natural ...10 posts - 6 authors - Last post: May 8The FDA has given the rights to a naturally occurring B vitamin to Merck to use in their new kidney drug. (the only active ingredient in his ...www.city-data.com/.../642924-vitamin-b6-now-illegal.html - Cached - Similar -Vitamin B6 now ILLEGAL ! ! - Health and Wellness - Page 2 - City ...May 8, 2009 ... Originally Posted by bluedevilz Take a look at the title of THIS THREAD genius.....you know....the one YOU titled Funny Vitamin B6 now ...www.city-data.com/.../642924-vitamin-b6-now-illegal-2.html - Cached - Similar -FDA Declares Form of Vitamin B6 a Drug, Effectively Banning ...Feb 12, 2009 ... Yes, any supplements containing this form of vitamin B6 can now be declared ... and shut down for engaging in "illegal drug trafficking. ...www.naturalnews.com/025606.html - Cached - Similar -