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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DanZ who wrote (2077)	7/13/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10293

<<The primary argument against Zicam, and the apparent reason that Bill classifies it as a "scam" is that it is homeopathic. Howard, Mike, and myself explained that this is a labeling issue only. The active ingredient in Zicam has NOT been diluted to eighteen zeros to the right of the decimal point as in "true" homeopathic solutions.>> I see. So, what you are saying is that management, in order to avoid the scrutiny of the FDA, chose to identify Zicam with a fraudulent philosophy of medicine that peddles largely ineffective medicines to the public, even though they (or at least you and the other longs) acknowledge that it is "only a labeling issue". That is, it is being fraudulently labeled homeopathic for convenience so that the company doesn't have to be accountable to any regulatory body. Great. Management decisions like that really inspire confidence.