Link: http://integrativemedicineconsortium.org/ Here’s the issue: The FDA is once again overstepping by protecting the interests of Big Pharma rather than patient care by restricting access to compounded medicines. Physicians and patients will lose access to these safe, effective and cost effective medications unless we act using the legal methods demonstrated to defeat prior FDA overreach.… Continue reading Defend your right to treat patients using compounded medications such as glutathione
Tag: Compounding News
New Amendment May Help Save Compounded Drugs
Please help us get Sen. David Vitter’s critical amendment passed! Action Alert! As you know from our continuing coverage, the FDA has been issuing rules to implement the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA). This legislation was passed by Congress in 2013 in response to a meningitis outbreak in 2012 involving a single bad actor—a… Continue reading New Amendment May Help Save Compounded Drugs
The FDA Appears to Be Breaking the Law in Its Continuing Campaign against Compounding
The agency seeks to remove a safe and useful compounded drug from the market without any public input. Action Alerts! Over the last year, ANH-USA has been paying close attention to new rules that are in the process of being drafted by the FDA concerning compounded drugs—especially those rules which, if enacted, would severely limit… Continue reading The FDA Appears to Be Breaking the Law in Its Continuing Campaign against Compounding
Compounded Medications Even More At Risk
A new threat to compounded drugs (including bioidentical estriol for women and compounded time-release thyroid) has emerged. Action Alert! The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has released an overreaching draft proposal that may inadvertently crush many small compounding pharmacies—unless we take action. USP is a nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, and purity of medicines… Continue reading Compounded Medications Even More At Risk
Congress Chastises FDA: “You’re Not Listening!”
“We found that FDA focused on perfecting their legal reasons for inaction,” a Senate committee wrote, “instead of protecting families.” Action Alert!
Congress Passes Compounding Bill—Still Flawed But WITH Your Hard-Won Amendments
Technically it was a “unanimous” voice vote. But they didn’t keep a tally, so there’s no record of which senators didn’t vote at all.
Why Does a New Study Push Dangerous Estrogen Drugs but Ignore Bioidentical Estriol?
Could it be because the author of the CDC-funded study has ties to the pharmaceutical industry?
There is Still Time to Take Action to Amend the Compounding Bill
With the government shutdown, compounding got a temporary reprieve, but not for long. Action Alert!
New Compounding Bill in the House—and More Work to be Done!
We’re still talking with our allies on the Hill to get more improvements, but we need your help to make sure your rights are protected. Action Alert!
Help Us Protect Natural Thyroid Hormone
Patients need access to compounded thyroid extract, not just the synthetic and incomplete version. Action Alert!