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Originally Posted by lewdog
Um the FDA is ****ing worthless anyway so no, it doesn't scare me.
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One extremely important thing the FDA does in terms of drug development is mandating randomized clinical trials by proper methodology to eliminate bias, including: randomization of subjects, double-blinding, and selection of proper endpoints and accuracy of reporting for every drug on the market. Real drugs are also required to be standardized to contain certain amounts of the drug based on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles to determine the efficacy of certain dosages. And we have a pretty good idea of how the drugs work mechanistically on a cellular level.
None of this, I repeat, none of this is required for dietary supplements as long as they print "This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease" on the label. That's insane to me.
But the real thing that baffles me is safety. Pharm drugs are treated as hazardous until they are proven to be safe (in relation to proven benefit) in trials, but supplements are assumed safe until they are proven to be hazardous. And, the burden of proof is on the FDA, who doesn't have the funding to test everything people put into their bodies.
That's not worth concern?