The AP reported, “Zicam and hundreds of other homeopathic remedies – highly diluted drugs made from natural ingredients – are legally sold as treatments with explicit claims of medical benefit.” These products “don’t require federal checks for safety, effectiveness, or even the right ingredients,” but “many scientists view homeopathic remedies as…mostly harmless because the drugs in them are present in such tiny amounts.” One analysis, however, “found that more than 800 homeopathic ingredients were potentially implicated in health problems last year.” And, although “the FDA has set strict limits for alcohol in medicine, especially for small children…they don’t apply to homeopathic remedies.”
From the American Association for Justice news release.
Where can I get the list of 800 homeopathic remedies that were implicated in health problems? Since Zicam is not a homeopathic product and has two very questionable chemicals as ingredients, (Sodium Hydroxide and Benzalkonim Chloride)both documented as destructive to human tissue, I wonder what other misinformation is being spewed by the media?
I don’t know that there is an actual list. That report was the result of an analysis made by the Associated Press of the Web site of the Food and Drug Administration. I recommend going to http://www.fda.gov and researching the subject there.