Hi Ed, The FDA is the one that should be banned. they have been the scourge of heath seeking individuals for more than 70 years. due to their suppression of cures and persecuting of anybody that finds new cures that are a competition to the fraudulent drug pushers they call the medical establishment. The FDA dose not have the people's best interest in mind. never did and never will. they are the cause of more deaths in this country than all the wars combined throughout history. they are the true mass murderers that make Hitler look like a kindergarten bully.
Take care, V > YES, it is being sold but that does not mean it is not banned or that the > internet site (if American) can not be persecuted by the FDA. Specifically > it is a federal violation to offer for sale __Red Yeast Rice_ with any links > to any medical claim such as the university study that indicates Red Yeast > Rice is as effective as any prescription drug. Under that set of > circumstances the FDA will classify Red Yeast Rice as a New Drug and take > legal action against that individual for selling drugs without a federal > license. In all honesty, people are buying those products (capsules, etc) > with the intent of lowering their cholesterol. > BTW, not everything on the internet is legal. > And it is not that several products are similar to. It is specially that all > Red Yeast Rice. contain "statin" which is the identifier in all cholesterol > lowering drugs. > Again similar to the ban on the Chinese herb "Ma Huang" because it contains > ephedrine. As does other herbs which may fall under the FDA ban as well. > Although many pharmacies OTC drugs remain on store shelf that also contain > ephedrine ! It is at the discretion of the FDA and who they choose to > persecute. > The problem with home users is that there is truth in what the FDA is > saying. (I can't believe I'm saying that !!) > It is dangerous to combine Red Yeast Rice with cholesterol lowering drugs. > IMO, cholesterol lowering drugs - not Red Yeast Rice - that should be > banned. But the combination is life threatening. > Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist > Acupuncture is a jab well done > www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA. > -----Original Message----- > From: George [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 5:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Red Yeast Rice & Cholesterol > Red Yeast Rice hasn't been banned. It is available from dozens of > websites. However, several products made from Red Yeast Rice are currently > 'banned' because they are similar enough to patented drugs that patent > infringement lawsuits have been filed. That is all. Nothing too insidius. > What are all ya'll going to do in August of this year when NONE of your > dire predictions come to pass? (Can you say Y2K?) > George > From: Denise Every > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Red Yeast Rice & Cholesterol > <<<<There is some report on the internet (can't find it now) that stated > the FDA banned Red Yeast as a university study found red yeast to be > ___effective as drugs___>>>>>>>> > I did a quick search and red yeast rice is still being sold, I found it on > multiple sites, Vitamin Shoppe being one. > I did find an article on WholeHealthMD.com that mentions the FDA > withdrawing it, it said, "In 2001, however, red yeast rice extract, a > "natural" unregulated nutritional supplement, was withdrawn by the FDA. This > decision followed the agency's determination that it was chemically too > similar to the prescription statin medication Mevacor, and thus should be > classified as a "drug," which by law is strictly controlled by the federal > government." > But I don't know what the date of this article is, the web site has a > copyright date of 2000... maybe the FDA took some other action since and > reversed its 2001 decision? > Denise -- -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
