FDA Supplement Guidance Not Strict Enough, MD Says

This is pretty controversial stuff, as the dietary supplement industry largely opposes the draft regulation

Medical News: FDA Supplement Guidance Not Strict Enough, MD Says - in Public Health and Policy, FDA General from MedPage Today:

"An FDA proposal to require dietary supplement manufacturers to submit data proving their product is safe doesn't go far enough, according to a physician writing in the New England Journal of Medicine.  

More than 100 million Americans spend more than $28 billion on vitamins, minerals, herbal ingredients, amino acids and other natural products in the form of dietary supplements each year, "assuming they are both safe and effective," wrote Pieter A. Cohen, MD, of Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance. 

But they have no assurance that the products are safe because FDA regulation of supplements is too weak, Cohen wrote in a Perspective piece."

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FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues

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McCain Bill Could Deny Access To Dietary Supplements

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Updated August 7, 2023

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McCain bill threatens access to vitamins and supplements - Natural News 

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This is starting to get interesting. This Online PR News article, Senator McCain Files New Bill That Attacks Your Access to Supplements Bill Would Repeal Key Sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act says:

Senator McCain has filed a new bill that attacks your access to supplements and would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.

According to the Alliance for Natural Health USA, the bill is named The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA). DSSA would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and significantly diminish access to a broad range of dietary supplements. If passed it's likely that the FDA will have greater authority and oversight over dietary supplements.

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Multivitamins Seem Benign, Maybe Beneficial

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Updated October 21, 2021

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Information for Consumers on Using Dietary Supplements - FDA.gov

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We might never really know for sure in my lifetime. I take them because I think my diet isn't diverse enough.

In any event, here's an interesting read published by the Washington Post, Evidence is thin that multivitamins are beneficial, but they seem benign. 

Learn more about vitamins:
- in this FDA video, Fortify Your Knowledge About Vitamins (video)
- read this book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vitamins and Minerals, 3rd Edition

Do you take them? ... and why?

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Chronic Pain - Vital Role of Vitamin D (video)

Updated September 9, 2020

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Mayo Clinic study suggests those who have chronic pain may need to assess vitamin D status

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Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This study found that patients who required narcotic pain medication, and who also had inadequate levels of vitamin D, were taking much higher doses of pain medication -- nearly twice as much -- as those who had adequate levels. Similarly, these patients self-reported worse physical functioning and worse overall health perception. "This is an important finding as we continue to investigate the causes of chronic pain," says Michael Turner, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at Mayo Clinic and lead author of the study.

Watch this short video of Dr. Turner as he describes his findings about vitamin D and chronic pain. Tip: you might need to scroll down the page to the video.

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