DISCLOSE INGREDIENTS IN PREMARIN !

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DEMAND FDA TO DISCLOSE INGREDIENTS IN

 

PREMARIN !!!

 

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER STARTS :

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Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers Lane

Room 1471

Rockville, MD 20857

 

RE: PLEASE DISCLOSE INGREDIENTS IN PREMARIN !

 

 

Dear .......,

 

I am writing to request that the FDA require pharmaceutical

companies to disclose the source of estrogens used in the manufacture

of Premarin and other non-synthetic hormone replacement therapies.

Specifically, I urge you to require that :

 

& #61623; All repackaged bottles and other containers issued

by pharmacies for Premarin and similar products be clearly

labeled as containing estrogen derived from horse urine.

 

 

& #61623; All print advertising in newspapers and magazines

for Premarin and similar products clarify that these drugs are

derived from the urine of pregnant mares.

 

These estrogens have been derived from pregnant mares'

urine and thousands of mares are exploited and thousands of

foals are slaughtered annually to produce these drugs as the

un-wanted " by-products " of the drug.

 

To produce Premarin, pregnant mares are tethered to the front of

stalls measuring just 3 1/2 to 5 feet wide and 8 feet long.

For six months, while their bodies are producing the most estrogen,

these mares are unable to take more than a step or two in any

direction, turn around, or even lie down comfortably. Lameness

often develops. Mares are forced to wear cumbersome rubber

urine-collection bags, which chafe their legs and cause sores, 24 hours

a day to collect their urine. They are also denied free access to water

so that their urine will yield more concentrated estrogens. This can

lead to renal and liver problems and cause the mares to struggle and

injure themselves during water-distribution times to get to the water

they so desperately crave.

 

So that they can be put right back into production the next winter,

the mares are reimpregnated within days of giving birth. A few

months after giving birth, they are separated from their foals and

put back on the " pee line. " Fertile mares may go through this same

grueling cycle year after year. When the mares become old,

infertile, or crippled, they are auctioned off for slaughter.

 

Women should be able to make informed choices. That is why

I'm requesting you to insist that the manufacturers of Premarin

make full disclosure.

 

Sincerely,

name,

address,

city, state, zip.

Country.

 

References :

http://www.uan.org/premarin/premarinrx.html

http://www.hsus.org/info/pill.html

 

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION :

 

PLEASE SEND TO: (Please address to the appropriate person) :

 

1: Please Write to :

Commissioner Jane E. Henney, M.D.

Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers Lane

Room 1471

Rockville, MD 20857

U.S.A.

 

2: Write to the Office of the Secretary of

Health and Human Service too.

Click every email address to send your message.

Also Fax/Call/Write to the New Secretary Tommy Thompson:

http://directory.psc.gov/os/52.html

 

3: Write to Deputy Assistant Secretary, Wanda K. Jones Dr. P.H.

She is in charge of Woman's Health :

Tel: 202-690-7650

Fax: 202-690-7172

E-mail: wjones (@osophs.dhhs.gov )

Address :

200 Independence Ave., S.W.

Room 718E

Washington DC 20201

U.S.A.

 

4: Write to Surgeon General, David Satcher M.D., Ph.D.

Tel: 202-690-7694 (in USA )

Fax.: 202-690-6960

Address :

200 Independence Ave., S.W.

Room 716-G

Washington DC 20201

U.S.A.

 

 

5: Drug Comments and Feedback:

http://www.fda.gov/cder/comment/commentdrug.htm

 

 

 

( Note: if you have any questions on this issue, please

contact : United Animal Nations

http://www.uan.org/premarin/index.html

 

Thanks for your caring and help.