> Hi,
>
> Absolutely! In the last few years B-12 and Vit. C were made prescription
> (liquid form). Reason is....................they work and work like a
> miracle! Can't have the lay people running around curing their animals and
> themselves!!!
>
> Can't you see what they have in mind for us in the near future?
>
> Jean Baugh
>
>
> ************************
>
>
> I remember when some vitamins were prescription only. Why couldn't it happen
> again?
>
> Sally
>
> Ken & Nancy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Joy,
>>
>> I hear you, and you MIGHT be right that this can happen in America, but I
>> still doubt it. The Invisible Hand is always a work, and people have been
>> saying these stories about supplements being eliminated from the open market
>> for years, and nothing has really happened. The FDA is powerful, but it is
>> not that powerful. As someone mentioned earlier on this list, the supplement
>> industry also has enormous sums of money at its disposal, should they desire
>> to pool it and fight the government for freedom to operate and sell.
>>
>> I won't say it cannot happen, and I will happily involve myself in
>> legitimate anti-FDA agendas, but I don't think CODEX is going to end up in
>> the way you describe. Even if it did, people find ways to get what they
>> need.
>>
>> -Ken Bagwell
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joy" To:
>> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: CS>The FDA, silver, and CODEX...
>>
>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Sorry Ken, but this way of thinking seems to me to be like wearing
>>> > blinders. This IS happening in Europe and Australia as we speak - they
>>> > were "sure" as you are below that it wouldn't/couldn't happen, but it is
>>> > happening. And FDA does not have to prove that supplements are
>>> > dangerous. They don't do the testing. The companies trying to sell
>>> > products have to get them approved - have to do their own testing, by
>>> > impartial folks - but they have to pay the bill according to tests FDA
>>> > sets up. And FDA can arbitrarily say "nope". I'm so frustrated with
>>> > this even on regular meds - have a life-threatening condition that
>>> > causes my throat to swell shut from time to time. This isn't an
>>> > allergy, its caused by a missing enzyme that my body just doesn't
>>> > p! roduce enough of - its a genetic condition. The only thing I can do is
>>> > go to ER and get blood products that provide the missing enzyme. And
>>> > hope I don't get anything dangerous from the blood products, and don't
>>> > need to be entubated or worse. Europe has had acute treatments for 15
>>> > plus years now, effefctive, safe. FDA won't approve them. Not big
>>> > enough market (there are very few of us with this condition) to support
>>> > the testing FDA requires, so its not happening.
