Tag: Food And Drug
Tips to Protect yourself When Buying From an Online Drug Store
by admin on May.07, 2009, under Ecommerce
You will want to protect yourself when ordering from an online drug store. The reason? There have been plenty of reports in the past several years of pharmacies not giving consumers the correct medications, giving placebos or outdated medication and even giving them dosages that far exceed what their prescriptions are written for. When traced back, many of these pharmacies online were not legitimate or where overseas where no proper tracking and accountability exists.Here in the United States there are governing entities such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) which create and regulate the quality of service as well as standards the online drug store must adhere to. To protect yourself from receiving medications that are harmful to you from pharmacies online, you… Continue reading
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:Food And Drug, Medication, National Association Of Boards Of Pharmacy, Prescriptions, United States Pharmacopeia
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Acai - Food or Drug?
by admin on Apr.26, 2009, under nutrition
So here’s the dilemma: If it’s produce, then the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to call it a food. If you use it to heal you in some way, then the FDA wants to call it a drug… There is a very fine line in most peoples’ minds, but any line left between the two the Acai berry has just totally erased.If one plant serves two different needs, such as a root sold as produce that can be used as a healing agent, (Ginseng and Green tea leaves also comes to mind) then we have to be really careful. Naturally we’d want it to be regulated so we don’t accidentally overdose on it… Although I have no idea if a ginseng or green tea overdose would be harmful… Continue reading
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:Acai Berry, Country Of Origin, Food And Drug, Healing Properties, No Man
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