EU: Stricter rules for herbal drugs

[Guest guest]

Some implementation date on the EU herbal medicines directive seems

to have come along - BBC reports. They carry the official line of

" it's all for the protection of the public " .

 

How the authorities can get away with it without any outcry at least

from manufacturers, but also from herbalists, is a bit of a mystery.

 

Kind regards

Sepp

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4389616.stm

 

Stricter rules for herbal drugs

 

Herbal medicines face greater regulation under the directive

 

Firms which make herbal medicines must now get their products

approved by an independent agency after the introduction of a new law.

 

The EU directive, designed to ensure that people who buy the products

will have a guarantee of their quality and safety, came into effect

on Sunday.

 

Until now, the government says, consumers have not known which herbal

remedies are of an acceptable standard.

 

Companies will now have to provide evidence of a new product's safety.

 

Before new remedies can be registered and sold, information about how

they should be used must also be approved.

 

The government adds that before the directive was introduced,

reputable companies following high standards were left at a

commercial disadvantage while consumers were potentially at risk from

unsafe products.

 

Access calls

 

Last month, a report commissioned by the Prince of Wales said that

complementary therapies, including herbal medicines, should be given

a greater role in the NHS.

 

The report, by economist Christopher Smallwood, said patients with

conditions such as back pain and stress can benefit from some of the

therapies.

 

And back in August, a leading patients' group called for access for

all to alternative medicine on the NHS.

 

The Patients Association called for all GPs to provide patients with

the choice of using complementary medicine where it had been proven

to work.

 

Provision is patchy currently with well under a half of family

doctors providing some sort of access to alternative therapies.

 

 

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