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But those ignorant people with money think the latest thing, most expensive, brand name is the good stuff
So you have an internist, a cardiologist, a traveling ultrasound service that gives your cardiologist the US data, a blockage that is no problem most of the time. Glad avoiding Vascepa is working out so well for you.
Dangerous dietary supplements need greater scrutiny and better labels
New bill in Congress would require more information on supplement labels and provide the FDA with greater authority
Published: August 2013
Millions of Americans take dietary supplements such as multivitamins, minerals, and herbs to improve their health. While many supplements may be safe and effective, some contain ingredients that pose significant dangers to consumers.
In our September 2012 special report, "10 Surprising Dangers of Vitamins and Supplements," we detailed the risks associated with certain dangerous dietary supplements, such as products marketed for bodybuilding, sexual enhancement, and weight loss that were spiked with prescription drugs or synthetic steroids. USA Today recently reported on supplements that contained pesticides and banned chemicals.
Current law makes it difficult for the government to remove unsafe supplements from the marketplace. The Food and Drug Administration has only limited authority over supplements, and it doesn’t evaluate them for safety or effectiveness before they go on sale. Many supplement labels do not warn about potential dangers, so customers may not know the risks until they get terribly sick, or worse.
Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, firmly believes we need to strengthen the FDA’s authority over supplements and get more information into the hands of consumers.
A new bill in Congress sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) would help consumers tell the difference between dietary supplements that are safe and those that have potentially serious side effects or drug interactions.
The Durbin-Blumenthal Dietary Supplement Labeling Act would require more information on product labels, give more authority to the FDA to require manufacturers to register their products and ingredients and provide evidence of any health benefit claims. It would also crack down on drinks and foods that are marketed as dietary supplements as a way to avoid FDA oversight.
“Though many dietary supplements available today are safe, we can’t ignore the growing evidence that there are some in the industry that are taking advantage of the system we have in place to make money selling products they know are harmful,” Durbin said. “Regulation of supplements can be improved to protect public health and it starts with making more information available to consumers and the FDA.”
Blumenthal added, “Consumers don’t know some dietary supplements are unsafe until they’re in the hospital, and by that time it’s too late. This commonsense, pro-consumer proposal will no doubt encounter a plethora of industry push back, but history and science are on our side.”
This bill would go a long way toward ensuring that supplement makers are putting safer products on the shelves, with better warning labels that help you make informed choices.
Sorry, since 1994 nonprofit USP standards are officially recognized by the US and most other governments including the FDA.
Since when do cardiologists do carotid ultrasounds and why was it done. You can't be that healthy if you're having that exam.
Right so no dietary supplement is pharmaceutical grade unless USP verified, it's just a marketing tool.
Have you checked your PCB, mercury, or Japanese radiation levels
Please explain how when you predict AMRN will quickly go to $4 but instead it quickly goes to $7 how you can make money shorting. I made a lot buying at $5 and holding. And now you predict quickly to $2?
I would think that dialysis patients especially would need prescription grade fish oil as they have a greatly reduced ability to get rid of any toxins. Why would you want any chance of raising LDL, in fact Vascepa decreases LDL, coronary artery disease is common in these patients. Hyperkalemia is a major worry with these patients and can cause death from arrhythmias. You can say if the incidence of atrial fibrillation is increased probably other arrhythmias are also and why give a drug that has this potential.
I have never seen anyone worry about bleeding from fish oil, much worry about aspirin, ibuprofen, Coumadin, Pradaxa, Plavix.
Lipitor's first patent made it the best selling drug ever, the following generics sold for about same price, not cheap
That's the one thing that Amarin seems to be good at, getting patents approved, on top of it and good lawyers
Wow, Lipitor gets patent back,carries Vascepa!
All you have is the shorting Specialist!?
Aug 09, "charts reveal 4's next week." Post no 12267
You got the wrong script week, went up.
That week ended Sept 6, Court Sept 12. And scripts went up, refills way up and according to Specialist at SA you increase scripts for holiday by 25%, so new scripts were up 10% also.
But like your last prediction instead of going down soon it went up 50%?
Right pharmaceutical grade is a marketing tool, means nothing unless verified by USP. Vascepa is prescription grade, verified by FDA.
Exactly, if it is USP verified it is pharmaceutical grade, Barlean's is not
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/05/dangerous-supplements/index.htm
note there is a USP verification available
That's where you're wrong, the FDA is trying to get that power from Congress but the dietary supplement industry is fighting it. They can put anything on the bottle, the only thing stopping them and that's why the disclaimers is they don't want to be sued by the trial lawyers when someone is injured.
USP can verify pharmaceutical grade. If they or anyone did it would be on the website or bottle. It is not pharmaceutical grade. A grade is something that is verified not just stamped on bottle to fool consumers.
Show me anything that grades it to be pharmaceutical, besides that claim on the bottle.
So the Chinese fish oil is the least toxic? The Norwegians make that same claim. The Chinese don't even trust Chinese, how many babies died from tainted formula. Is there any government agency checking ConsumerLab?
What regulation are you talking about and who certifies it?
Barlean's is not pharmaceutical grade, I Googled it. There is no USP certification and the website warns that no statements have been verified. The bottle does say pharmaceutical grade but dietary supplements are allowed to lie because of their lobby in Congress.
So what happened to your $4 prediction, that was a mistake, but this time you're better?
Give me an example of a negative side effect for Vascepa, a fish oil brand you think is ok, and a reason you never see a doctor.
you predicted $4 soon on August 13th (post 12450), now you predict $2, what is your latest AMRN prediction based on?
"Contamination, mislabeling found in fish oil supplements."
ConsumerLab will show full report for a fee, will analyze your fish oil for a fee, give you a good report for a larger fee, and doesn't have that pesty FDA checking on it.
http://www.consumerlab.com/news/Review%20of%20Fish%20Oil%20and%20Omega-3%20Supplments%20by%20ConsumerLab.com/8_22_2012/
Grant if you would stop trying to act like the scary voice on the phone trying to scare the teenage girl home alone in a horror movie and instead said some facts maybe someone would pay attention to you.
They do care because they don't like taking large quantities if something that turns rancid, smells, and makes you burp, and you have to wonder what's really in it.
Vascepa doesn't have any negative side effects. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it can't kill you
These Vascepa renal benefits that are being discussed are exciting. Kidneys can fail from numerous insults, acute or chronic, but once the insult is gone the renal failure is usually permanent. Sometimes they recover, usually partially, but it's just a waiting game, really nothing you can do, give dopamine but that never works. If there was actually a drug you could administer,especially a can't hurt one, it would be a big deal.
What exactly is pharmaceutical grade, who grades it at that?
From all the research I did and news reports of natural drugs found to contain harmful elements or not to contain what's on the label, I would never take them.
I've never seen a dialysis patient that wasn't on disability and Medicare, good luck.
How high did the stock go at the last approval and what percent increase was that?
Let me know if she's successful and I'll push it at mine. You're in Northern California too? As your wife will tell you in answer to your question about how does it work, probably in most diseases it is shown to work and then a theory as to why is postulated, which frequently changes as more is learned.
With this doubt there's gonna be a huge jump in stock price if AMRN is approved, they'll stop trading the whole day, shorts will lose all their money if wrong, longs will just wait awhile if they're wrong