Manzo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MNZO)

[DragonBear]

but as a consumer I don’t see anything wrong with the ad.

There's nothing a consumer should notice wrong with the ad. Other than as a consumer, you should notice the price as high. Then it's just a matter of whether the consumer is impressed about the claims of yet another Probiotic, along with a color chart. A consumer would likely have no knowledge about past MNZO claims about the probiotic.

They do state that a study was done by Celprogen.

There were no FDA approved clinical trials. Can't recall if Celprogen ever claimed to have done even a study involving humans. Any "supplement" company can pay a few employees, relatives, whoever to say they took the supplement, and it worked. The FDA doesn't review supplement claims. Kenny made sure as do all supplement manufacturers to state the FDA has not reviewed the product. That's required by law.

I think most physicians would advise quitting one drug before starting another of the same type

Except probiotics are not a drug.

With supplements, no medical supervision is required and many people routinely take several, many of which are known to conflict with others. A total of 820 drugs (5704 brand and generic names) are known to interact with St. John's wort. Even grapefruit juice is known to interact with many prescription medications and OTC drugs.

And what interaction is there for St John's wort, or grapefruit with other supplements? Those two supplements inhibit cytochrome 450 function in the liver. Which in turn alters the serum concentration of prescription drugs, by delaying their being metabolized and/or broken down.

If you were releasing a supplement that contained a special blend of bacteria designed to treat a specific condition, would you want that blend to compete against numerous other unknown strains that the individual may be consuming?

And what are you going to do about the resident lactobacilli? That is the competition for any probiotic taken. What are they competing for? The lactose consumed - which is exactly what you want to happen for lactose intolerance. What would 2 probiotics containing lactobacilli do as the lactose consumed makes its way through the small intestine? More bacteria, more lactose hit by B-galactosidase. So why not just let the "consumer" finish the current bottle or probiotics? Because they might delay buying Manzio's concoction. It's all marketing. Nothing to do with science.

BTW, the product has 100% 5-star reviews on Amazon.

Well of course it does. Hire a web promotional company to write some glowing reviews, and post them. There's TV ads from one company where they help ya set up a website, and then post 5-star reviews about the product you are selling. How about the customer who tries it, and finds no difference from the other probiotic they had tried? Extremely high probability they will post nothing.

As stated before if Kenny wants to explicitly state the product has his human gene carrying bacteria in it, then I'll report it to the FTC as a false claim. Let the FTC, and FDA determine whether it's his super bug or not. Assuming one can get the attention of the FTC. LOL Then the question is whether the FDA which requires clinical trials for GMO animal, and plant products would take note an untested bacteria containing a human gene was being directly consumed by the public? One of the parts of 21CFR strongly suggests they would take notice. But as is Kenny is still in the clear with his current ad. Nothing illegal about marketing yet another lactobacilli supplement, containing the usual lactobacilli from some bulk manufacturing source.