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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound

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Dec 4 3:59 PM EST

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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (2297)	7/18/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: Ellen	of 10293

Dear consumer, we are labelling this "medication" homeopathic because we can not prove that this substance is safe and effective. In fact, it may even harm or kill you. This substance has not been approved by the FDA or any other regulatory agency. While you're at it, please buy our grossly overvalued stock (symbol GUMM). We are sure that doing so will be just as beneficial to your net worth as Zicam is to your health. I'd heard about this discussion and have been reading along somewhat. My desire is not to "get involved in the fray" but merely to pass on a general thought or two, FWIW. When I read this comment of yours I have to admit to being a bit incredulous. More and more in the very recent past, the benefits - or potential benefits - of herbs and the like have been accepted and brought into the mainstream. Look at One-A-Day (I think it's them) who now offer not only vitamins but herb tablets/capsules, etc. I really chuckle when I see those ads for Dr. Art Ulene stating he was wrong about vitamins. For years his position was that if a person ate a healthy diet they didn't need to take vitamins. He now admits (belatedly) that he was wrong about that. There are many products on the market that are known to be beneficial but are not "medications" per se. Or FDA approved, for that matter. Look at aspirin. It's now recommended that certain people take one each day for varying reasons - one being its ability to help prevent blood clots. Indeed, it's now recommended that anyone suffering a heart attack take an aspirin immediately. In a roundabout way, I guess, I'm suggesting that there are substances/herbs/etc that are known to be beneficial that are not medications and/or not FDA certified. Are they all classified by you as "homeopathic" thus "quackery?" To my mind the FDA is not infallible and I dare say there are products that are FDA approved that shouldn't be. Just my $.02.

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