The store has been a distributor of Boiron products for decades, is the oldest apothecary in the USA and has a direct business relationship with Boiron.
I inquired about access to remedies like cannibis sativa. I was told the FDA raided Boiron and took away all their marijuana plants and remedies. Didn't ask when. You can not purchase, in the USA, cannabis sativa/indica remedy nor others like opium.
I checked HPUS http://www.hpus.com/index.php but you need to be a subscriber to access it. One day access is $100.
I would think the cannabis family is in HPUS as these are proven remedies, if so, why would the FDA raid a company making these remedies especially if there are established legal guidelines on how to produce it?
The only remedies shown freely by name are those listed in the yearly web updates for 2009-2011. Interestingly, there is a mention of public comment period for new remedy approval in the procedures manual, too bad the public can't freely access HPUS.
There is an informative letter from Hylands on HPUS site, which clearly differentiates allopathic, homeopathic and dietary supplements and mentions FDA.
http://www.hylands.com/news/regulation.php
"By contrast, homeopathic drugs are subject to the FDCA and regulations issued by FDA. Instead of the new-drug-approval process, premarket approval for homeopathic drugs is by way of monograph approval by HPCUS.8 While homeopathic drugs are also subject to the FDA's nonprescription drug review, FDA has not yet used this authority. However, manufacturing, labeling, marketing, and sales of homeopathic drugs are subject to FDA compliance rules. "
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Conclusion
Homeopathic drugs in the United States are subject to well-defined regulatory processes that more closely resemble those that apply to allopathic medications than to dietary supplements.
Cannabis Indica is mentioned in A Textbook of Homoeopathic Pharmacy, which includes worldwide pharmacopeia and has interesting historical info if you read the beginning of the book.
Susan
On Dec 17, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> Cool, then we're golden.
> So who's in charge of getting the word off all those bottles of combo
> remedies?
The FDA of the USA for one.
We need to challenge them.
They already have a rule that only a real homeopathic remedy which is made by the recipe in the HPUS (ie a single remedy with a recipe in HPUS) manufactured by a place under license of the FDA, can be called a "homeopathic remedy".
That is how the FDA shut down Celletech before.
They were calling their remedies "homeopathic remedies" but not making them by HPUS recipe.
Now they call the remedies homeopathy or homeopathic products or whatever... but not "homeopathic remedies" exactly.
SO there is a rule, but it is specific to the exact term "homeopathic remedy"
If nobody tells the FDA to act on a violator, they will happily sit on their pretty little duffs???
As far as i ca tell, it is drug companies and mixologists who like to pretend their remedies are "homeopathic remedies" - but no mixture is in the HPUS and thus it is by legal definition in USA, not a homeopathic remedy.
(There is a EU or British or something??? equivalent to HPUS too)
SO maybe there are some enforcement teeth - they just need to be pulled.
Namaste,
Irene
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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
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