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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carl R. who wrote (2206)	2/6/2000 4:35:00 PM
From: out_of_the_loop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5582

Carl: I think a more accurate way to phrase your statements would be as follows: 1. A tenet of homeopathy states that small, sometimes infinitessimal amounts of substances can cure a disease. In some cases, homeopaths believe virtually no detectable material is effective. I personally believe that is fraudulent. 2. The government has defined, for labelling purposes, some substances to be labelled "homeopathic" based on what they are and on dosage. 3. Exactly correct as you have stated, the label "homeopathic" doesn't necessarily imply that the product contains no ingredients, or that it is a fraud, though it may be if it does not contain any active ingredients. Actually, the most accurate thing to do is look up the FDA's definition. 4. Zicam has a measurable and active amount of zinc gluconate. Recall the abstract of the first study compared two different doses of zinc gluconate and found the present 33 millimolar dose used in Zicam to be more effective than the smaller dose. If you want to call the labelling a "loophole", you may , but it is not entirely correct. For example, your government defines "speeding" as over 20 mph in a school zone, but go 30 mph on a highway and you are going too slowly, slowly enough to get a dangerous driving citation - yet you could be going 30 mph as a speeder somewhere else. "Loophole" implies impropriety to some people and I do not think GelTech is trying to "get away" with anything. In fact, they are testing Zicam much more than they are required to for labelling purposes.