Protect Customized Natural Medicines!

Last week, the FDA released a proposal to prohibit more than a dozen natural medicines from being made at compounding pharmacies, which make customized medicines to suit the needs of individual patients. This is the latest action in a long series of maneuvers and attacks intended to cripple the compounding industry, whose products compete with expensive pharmaceutical drugs. We must fight back.

Write to the FDA and Congress, telling them to preserve consumer access to these important medicines!

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Please protect customized natural medicine

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Many patients with special needs (those who have allergies, can't swallow pills, require different dosage levels, etc.) rely on compounded medicines to stay healthy. But the FDA has proposed to ban more than a dozen natural medicines from being made at traditional compounding pharmacies. The agency is also considering bans of important IV medicines like B12 and glutathione. This unnecessarily limits patient access to a number of safe medicines.

Here are the medicines the FDA has proposed to eliminate:

*Acetyl-L-carnitine is naturally produced by the body, functions as an antioxidant, and promotes the production of glutathione in cells. It is used for Alzheimer's disease, age-related memory problems, and a wide range of other conditions.
*Aloe Vera is a plant that has been used medicinally as far back as the 16th century BCE. It is widely used in natural and traditional medicine for a variety of conditions, treating everything from burns to constipation, psoriasis, and herpes simplex virus.
*Artemisinin is a compound found in sweet wormwood, an herb that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. It is most notably used to treat malaria, but it may also be helpful for tuberculosis and a host of other conditions. Considering the rise of drug-resistant TB, which is virtually untreatable and is sending conventional doctors into a panic, it would be lunacy to restrict access to this herb.
*Astragalus is an herb used in Chinese medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties
*Chondroitin Sulfate is a structural component of the cartilage in joints. It stimulates the production of cartilage, improves blood circulation to the joints, and is used to treat osteoarthritis, among other things.
*Curcumin is a compound in turmeric with well demonstrated anti-inflammatory characteristics
*D-Ribose is a natural ingredient for increasing energy (ATP) production. Evidence indicates that d-ribose can rejuvenate heart muscles after a heart attack or other cardiac events.
*Deoxy-D-Glucose has exhibitedanticancer and antiviral properties, but there is no mystery as to why it was voted down. It is currently being studied by a drug company as a possible drug, so the FDA is no doubt protecting the pharmaceutical company looking into the substance.
*Domperidone has been usefulfor treating gastroesophageal reflux disease with minimal serious side effects.
*Glycyrrhizin is used as an antiviral agent, especially for hepatitis. It does have to be used carefully under medical supervision, but in this case has been banned from prescribed medical use.
*Nettle has a number of salutary effects. It was used by Roman soldiers to withstand the cold by stimulating blood circulation. It helps the body detoxify itself, alleviates allergic reactions, and promotes healthy blood circulation.
*NAD (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a vital compound involved in mitochondrial health and energy metabolism. As NAD levels decline later in life, mitochondrial function is impaired, resulting in various symptoms of aging. NAD is also an essential cofactor of certain key enzymes that are responsible for longevity. Every year we are learning more about how critical NAD is, including for cancer control.
*Vanadyl Sulfate is an insulin mimic and a natural therapy for diabetes and insulin resistance. It is a form of a trace mineral found in mushrooms and shellfish.

Many of these are commonly available supplements. What puzzles me is that the FDA seems to think that everyday supplements should be banned from compounding. This is completely illogical. You can buy them in stores! Yet you think my doctor cannot include them in personalized medicine he prescribes? What kind of crazy illogic is that?

The elimination of supplements from compounding has far-reaching implications. Sometimes patients don't even have the option of using any form other than the compounded one. Supplements are compounded for all types of patients -- such as those with environmental sensitivities who cannot have supplements with preservatives, or children with autism and other patients for whom swallowing pills is extremely difficult, or patients suffering from depression who rely on compounded amino acid solutions to manage their mood.

All of these types of patients, and many more, will suffer if the FDA continues to ban supplements from compounding. You MUST maintain patient access to compounded supplements -- some of our most vulnerable patients rely on them!

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