Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Mr. Stone, DAOM, Could you explain to us what a Proprietary formula means for those of us who are dispensing herbs? Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hi Doug, Calling a formula " proprietary " is meaningless as far as I can tell. I don't believe that ingredients of a formula HAVE to be listed on a website, but they MUST be listed on the formula's packaging. Even if they are hand written and inserted into a bag, that information should be available to patients. I sometimes ask patients to get the ingredients of a formula from a prior practitioner and hear that the prior practitioner doesn't want to let out that information. Not good. I'm always disappointed when I see practitioners taking " teapills " out of their labeled bottles, and putting them into plastic bags for patients only to prevent them from finding the same thing elsewhere for less money. Mr. Dr. Stone. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, wrote: > > > Mr. Stone, DAOM, > Could you explain to us what a Proprietary formula means for those of us > who are dispensing herbs? > > Doug > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 > FDA Labeling rules : > The term ³Proprietary Ingredients² may be used on the Supplements Facts box > when the number of ingredients exceeds the space available. > The Supplements Facts box needs to show each ingredient with the Latin > Binomial name, common/English name and weight. > The weight of all ingredients including the ³Proprietary Ingredients² needs to > add up to the dosage weight. > > Bill Egloff > President > Crane Herb Co. > Crane Herb Pharmacy > Crane-West Herb Pharmacy > > > > Hi Doug, > > Calling a formula " proprietary " is meaningless as far as I can tell. > > I don't believe that ingredients of a formula HAVE to be listed on a > website, but they MUST be listed on the formula's packaging. Even if they > are hand written and inserted into a bag, that information should be > available to patients. I sometimes ask patients to get the ingredients of a > formula from a prior practitioner and hear that the prior practitioner > doesn't want to let out that information. Not good. > > I'm always disappointed when I see practitioners taking " teapills " out of > their labeled bottles, and putting them into plastic bags for patients only > to prevent them from finding the same thing elsewhere for less money. > > Mr. Dr. Stone. > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, < > <taiqi%40taiqi.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > Mr. Stone, DAOM, >> > Could you explain to us what a Proprietary formula means for those of us >> > who are dispensing herbs? >> > >> > Doug >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Sheesh, if there's not enough room, you just write " proprietary ingredients " ? Also, the " Supplement Facts " box is only required of companies with greater than $500,000 worth of sales per year, is that correct, Bill? (either of the two) On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:01 PM, William Egloff <bill wrote: > > > > FDA Labeling rules : > > The term ³Proprietary Ingredients² may be used on the Supplements Facts > box > > when the number of ingredients exceeds the space available. > > The Supplements Facts box needs to show each ingredient with the Latin > > Binomial name, common/English name and weight. > > The weight of all ingredients including the ³Proprietary Ingredients² > needs to > > add up to the dosage weight. > > > > Bill Egloff > > President > > Crane Herb Co. > > Crane Herb Pharmacy > > Crane-West Herb Pharmacy > > > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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