I am pretty sure the FDA thing is just simply completely factually wrong, actual fake news in the original sense of the phrase.
It is a small change that only applies to bulk drugs in compounding pharmacies and is being widely misinterpreted… near as I can tell they are reviewing four supplements including melatonin for inclusion on the 503A Bulk List, which would make it legal for compounding pharmacies to use them, with that long list shown being things they are continually looking at for ADDING TO AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES. List two (not pictured, later in the document) is for things that are anti-recommended for compounding pharmacy approval, and list 3 is things that were recommended but they don’t think they have enough evidence for approving for compounding pharmacies. No banning of supplements anywhere, nothing going away at all in any way shape or form in that document. In fact, it means the OPPOSITE of what is being implied here!
N-acetyl cysteine does not appear anywhere in that document and appears to be an entirely separate and self-contained matter that refers to that substance and that subestance alone. Seems to have been going on for a year now having to do with them enforcing something that was technically true but unenforced before, that it was marketed as a drug decades ago before people started selling it as a supplement. Stupid and definitely an error but not a new regulation and companies are covering their butts.
Nobody is regulating parsley, sesame seeds, ribose sugar, and yeast as drugs. This list should have been a dead giveaway and I am flabbergasted that anyone can take it seriously as some kind of ban list. The referenced twitter accounts appear to be simply forwarding falsehoods and some seem to be kind of… interesting.
Confirmed that I misunderstood this. I didn’t think they wanted to ban that stuff or anything, but the EU heavily regulates cinnamon, so I honestly don’t know what to expect anymore. Still, this week was hectic and I didn’t give this the time it needed, got it wrong, and screwed up, so sorry about that. It’s been edited to reflect that.
I am pretty sure the FDA thing is just simply completely factually wrong, actual fake news in the original sense of the phrase.
It is a small change that only applies to bulk drugs in compounding pharmacies and is being widely misinterpreted… near as I can tell they are reviewing four supplements including melatonin for inclusion on the 503A Bulk List, which would make it legal for compounding pharmacies to use them, with that long list shown being things they are continually looking at for ADDING TO AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES. List two (not pictured, later in the document) is for things that are anti-recommended for compounding pharmacy approval, and list 3 is things that were recommended but they don’t think they have enough evidence for approving for compounding pharmacies. No banning of supplements anywhere, nothing going away at all in any way shape or form in that document. In fact, it means the OPPOSITE of what is being implied here!
N-acetyl cysteine does not appear anywhere in that document and appears to be an entirely separate and self-contained matter that refers to that substance and that subestance alone. Seems to have been going on for a year now having to do with them enforcing something that was technically true but unenforced before, that it was marketed as a drug decades ago before people started selling it as a supplement. Stupid and definitely an error but not a new regulation and companies are covering their butts.
Nobody is regulating parsley, sesame seeds, ribose sugar, and yeast as drugs. This list should have been a dead giveaway and I am flabbergasted that anyone can take it seriously as some kind of ban list. The referenced twitter accounts appear to be simply forwarding falsehoods and some seem to be kind of… interesting.
Confirmed that I misunderstood this. I didn’t think they wanted to ban that stuff or anything, but the EU heavily regulates cinnamon, so I honestly don’t know what to expect anymore. Still, this week was hectic and I didn’t give this the time it needed, got it wrong, and screwed up, so sorry about that. It’s been edited to reflect that.