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rileymat211/08/20242 repliesview on HN

This conversation is confusing without the FDA isn’t everything allowed by default and you get far worse like the current supplement industry?


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initplus11/08/2024

Regulatory challenge is that the FDA have to combine 3 related but seperate concepts:

1. Manufacturing quality/ingredients accuracy (is the product what is says on the tin) 2. Safety 3. Efficacy

Medicines must pass all three, supplements don't have to meet any.

rustcleaner11/08/2024

FDA and DEA should be concerned mainly with the contents matching the box, and not on medical claims of effectiveness.

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