Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM)

Essentially all products used in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) will fall under new FDA guidelines if the FDA has its way.

If you take vitamins, herbs, or supplements of any kind, are you aware that the United States government is attempting to classify and regulate them as drugs?

That's only part of the story. Any type of homeopathic medicine, even vegetable juices, massage oils and rocks, essential oils, bottled water (for hydration) and any and all kinds of alternative medicines are included in this reclassification.

The document is called Docket No. 2006D-0480 Draft Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.

Read it for yourself, please.

What does this reclassification mean to us? It means that the FDA is attempting to block our legal access to natural therapies and preventions.

What can you do to keep the FDA from taking away our rights to natural medicine and therapies?

I urge you to post your comments directly to the FDA concerning this new docket. Go to FDA Comments to file a complaint until April 30, 2007.

Also, please contact your representatives in Washington as soon as possible, preferably in a hand-written, postal mailed letter. It can make a difference. You can make a difference!