FDA looking into properly regulating homeopathic drugs

http://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/fda-takes-on-homeopathy

About fucking time.

 

[SkinExhibit]

I'd hate to have invested in a company that makes this shit because this market is gonna tank practically overnight. This will probably also hurt the bottom line of pharmacies as well.

Either that or there will be a massive panic buyout by diehard Homeopaths.
The ones who will really suffer will be naturopaths and midwives (whose "prescriptions" almost exclusively include homeopathics and herbal teas.) I get wave after wave of women coming from their midwives to spend $80 on sugar pills and raspberry leaf tea rather than consult a pediatrician.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Naturopaths and midwives piss me off more than I can state. I'm glad this is happening, but a lot of the homeopathic treatments can be acquired as raw plant if you're willing to pay a little bit more at Whole Foods.

 

[AnOminous]

Naturopaths and midwives piss me off more than I can state. I'm glad this is happening, but a lot of the homeopathic treatments can be acquired as raw plant if you're willing to pay a little bit more at Whole Foods.

Those aren't homeopathic. Homeopathic "medicine" contains literally no active ingredients at all.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Those aren't homeopathic. Homeopathic "medicine" contains literally no active ingredients at all.

Nursing medication guidelines include some of the lesser-tested plant-based treatments as homeopathy, as opposed to herbal treatment, based on the lack of standardized dosing and lack of significant evidence to back it. The fact that there aren't clear definitions alone is enough for me.

 

[SkinExhibit]

Naturopaths and midwives piss me off more than I can state. I'm glad this is happening, but a lot of the homeopathic treatments can be acquired as raw plant if you're willing to pay a little bit more at Whole Foods.

It pays bank, though. Just look at Dr. Oz, who left the lucrative field of surgery to make money telling people how great mostly-worthless supplements like Raspberry Ketones are!
(Oz and his followers need their own thread, IMO. People watch his show and take it to heart as if it were an actual real life appointment. He's a horrorcow in his own right, if only for the influence he wields.)

 

[Vitriol]

Naturopaths and midwives piss me off more than I can state.

In the uk midwives are specially trained nurses who help deliver babies, by the sound of things this is not the case elsewhere?

 

[ln18]

In the uk midwives are specially trained nurses who help deliver babies, by the sound of things this is not the case elsewhere?

In the USA we have an Advanced Practice status for Certified Nurse Midwives, which are licensed professionals. I imagine Jackass RN is referring to non-licensed midwives, because the CNM-RN's I've met and worked with are consummate professionals.

 

[Splendid]

In the uk midwives are specially trained nurses who help deliver babies, by the sound of things this is not the case elsewhere?

The ones we're talking about are literally just random unlicensed people who help people deliver their babies at home for hippy bullshit reasons. They can't prescribe real drugs, so they have to make due with over the counter stuff.

 

[AnimuGinger]

In the uk midwives are specially trained nurses who help deliver babies, by the sound of things this is not the case elsewhere?

The US has two kinds of midwives:
The Certified Nurse Midwife. Master's level program, extensive training in the holistic and medical aspects of the pregnancy and childbirth process.
The Midwife. No formally recognized certifications, standards, or licensing. Can be done with anyone who lacks a higher education background.

 

[Skeletor]

I think they absolutely should but its sadly not going to do much to deter people. A big part of the alt med community involves lamenting about how big pharma is hiding these natural remedies.

Honestly I don't mind if those willfully ignorant Jenny McCarthy people buy this crap, I worry about the poorly-informed everyday slob who sees homeopathic stuff on the shelves and mistakes it for actual meds. There should be some sort of "WARNING: THIS PRODUCT WILL DO JACK SHIT" label or something.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Honestly I don't mind if those willfully ignorant Jenny McCarthy people buy this crap, I worry about the poorly-informed everyday slob who sees homeopathic stuff on the shelves and mistakes it for actual meds. There should be some sort of "WARNING: THIS PRODUCT WILL DO JACK SHIT" label or something.

The average American has the literacy of an 8th grader. They don't understand product labels, and are easily misled by whatever they see on social media and the news. There pretty much is that warning, they just don't care. We fall into fallacies very easily.