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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (1110)	11/16/2000 9:50:14 AM
From: Volcano888	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1142

What are the chances that DHEA might be reclassified as a drug? ... Doesn't it matter (to MDs and patients) that a medicine is made under strictly controlled circumstances with reliable and proper labeling? ... And wouldn't a prescription drug, as opposed to off-the-shelf product, be covered by insurance plans?

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (1110)	11/16/2000 10:39:25 PM
From: Toni Wheeler	Respond to of 1142

Richard, re: GNLB & DHEA....your comments: It's DHEA. Go buy some at your local drug store and save yourself a bundle. The problem, that I have found, with OTC "dietary supplements" from any manufacturer, is the consistency and reliability of the ingredients in the available products. After reading many, many scientific abstracts from the FDA website, as well as Medline, etc., I have my doubts. One study showed a huge discrepancy from the actual amount, for example, of stated amounts of DHEA percentages on the label versus results of assayed analysis. [another agency has control of what is printed on a product's label....that is a whole different controversial issue!] But, if I had lupus, I'd go load up at Walgreens for $5/100 or whatever. Worth a try, for sure [tho insurance co-payment is non-existent] if I were a SLE (lupus) sufferer; however, I would rather know my physician was confident in prescribing a scientifically and clinically approved "drug" that alleviated /reduced my horrendous symptoms without the daily use of injurious prednisone. Remember, also, there is no cure....not yet, anyway. The interesting aspect of GNLB's focus on GL701 (now named Aslera), in my opinion, is the potential of DHEA that has presented itself as a result of their investigatory trials....we have yet to hear the full story.