Guest guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I was in the drugstore the other day and happened to see a front and center display for sudafed. Out of curiosity, I checked the dose of pseudoephedrine in this product and it was a whopping 120 mg/tablet and people often take several tablets a day. In contrast, see the daily dose of total ephedrines in several honso products below is much lower. While all are much lower than that for sudafed, yet sudafed is not banned. Most of the weight loss supplements had levels of ephedrines on par with the honso products as well; the deaths due to these products were typically due to undiagnosed heart problems and would not have happened in healthy people (but then healthy people don't need to take weight loss supplements). What is this hypocrisy about public safety. Can anyone find me the adverse incident stats on sudafed? HONSO® EPHEDRINE SPECIFICATION (mg/day) Ge Gen Tang 17.6-32.9 Ge Gen Tang Jia Chuan Xiong Xin Yi 18.6-34.7 Xiao Qing Long Tang 15.2-28.4 Yi Yi Ren Tang 18.6-34.6 Ma Xing She Gan Tang 24.2-45.0 Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Your point is well taken. However, as has been pointed out before on this list, legally is meaningless. Sudafed is not an " herbal " or " dietary supplement. " It is legally sold under its own classification as an OTC drug. OTC drugs can have a certain number and severity of AERs and still not be pulled. Further, as the part of my previous post, the FDA does not feel constrained by the presence of AERs in order to make their administrative rulings. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Todd pseudoephedrine is considered much safer than ephedrine alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I know there are different classifications involved with OTC Drugs and Supplements, but IMHO, if this kind of info is brought to the attentions of our law makers, it could be the catalyst for recognition of just how ridiculous the FDA is being in this matter. I feel once the abuse of power is recognized again by our lawmakers, the FDA power to control the will of the people, will again be cut back. As it was in the 90's. I feel the lawmakers inherently trust the FDA and until they are shown this is a foolish proposition and enlighten the lawmakers of the hypocrisy, they will follow the will of the FDA and expel a lot of the choices that help people be well. I am an optimist though. Chris In a message dated 4/11/2004 5:37:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: I was in the drugstore the other day and happened to see a front and center display for sudafed. Out of curiosity, I checked the dose of pseudoephedrine in this product and it was a whopping 120 mg/tablet and people often take several tablets a day. In contrast, see the daily dose of total ephedrines in several honso products below is much lower. While all are much lower than that for sudafed, yet sudafed is not banned. Most of the weight loss supplements had levels of ephedrines on par with the honso products as well; the deaths due to these products were typically due to undiagnosed heart problems and would not have happened in healthy people (but then healthy people don't need to take weight loss supplements). What is this hypocrisy about public safety. Can anyone find me the adverse incident stats on sudafed? HONSO® EPHEDRINE SPECIFICATION (mg/day) Ge Gen Tang 17.6-32.9 Ge Gen Tang Jia Chuan Xiong Xin Yi 18.6-34.7 Xiao Qing Long Tang 15.2-28.4 Yi Yi Ren Tang 18.6-34.6 Ma Xing She Gan Tang 24.2-45.0 Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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