EXAMPLES OF FDA CORRUPTION
 
Dear John,
 
I thought this might be interesting to you and your readers.
  
I have listed four of 700 falsified reports to date, promoted by the
FDA. The FDA gladly assist the associated press with false information
concerning the dietary supplements; ma huang for instance. At the same
time they approved the very dangerous and harmful drug fen fen. Which
has been pulled due to some of the television interviews with people who
have been plagued with permenate heart conditions. Keep in mind that if
the FDA will use these 5 excuses they will use 695 more, just as
ridiculous. 
 
"A 56-year-old male reported experiencing 'tremors' after ingesting a ma
huang product. He also happened to consume 10-12 cups of coffee a day."
(ARMS No. 8475)
 
"A woman ingested a ma huang product and died. The cause of death
happend to be a high-speed automobile crash that occurred while she was
driving the wrong way on a one-way street" (ARMS No. 9504)
 
"A 15-year old female experienced an accelerated heart rate after
ingesting a ma huang product. She happened to take 19 pills during a
suicide attempt." (ARMS No. 10378)
 
"A 20 year old woman reported that she passed out and suffered a scalp
laceration. This is attributed to the use of a ma huang supplement even 
though the woman also took Nyquil and drank two glasses of wine
immediately before passing out." (ARMS No. 9253)
 
"ARMS No. 10067 simply list the name of a ma huang product and nothing
else. No adverse event is reported - yet this is one of the FDA's list
of 700 adverse events."
 	
Chinese ephedra (Ma huang) has been used for more than 5,000 years. Few
substances have as well documented historical and scientific safe use as
this herb and its alkaloids. Ephedra is a mild stimulant, but this is
not its major befefit. The Chinese Materials Medica reports that ephedra
has been used for hypotension, bronchial asthma, chronic and asthmatic
bronchitis, pneumonia, common cold and whooping cough, among others. It
appears ephedra is more like chicken soup than an amphetamine. 
 
(All of these examples are taken from the November 1996 HEALTH
SUPPLEMENT RETAILER. The article attributed the following claims to an
article by Marc Ullman, an attourney for the New York-based Bass and
Ullman. The article was published in HSR's Supplement Industry Insider.)

thanks again for the sweat and hard work you do.
 
Duane