| What does it mean when the FDA approves a | | | | Otherwise another company can come along and |
| diet pill? Does it mean it is safe? | | | | produce a product with the same substance in it |
| This gets a little confusing for me when I see | | | | and become their competition. |
| prescription drug commercials on television with | | | | A prime example of this is Hoodia. Hoodia will |
| disclaimers and warnings of heart attack, stroke | | | | never be approved by the FDA simply because it |
| and blood clots at the end of all the other | | | | will never be researched to that extent. |
| information given about their product. | | | | A plant cannot be patented, and the main |
| The only difference to me between a product like | | | | chemical in hoodia cannot be manufactured or |
| say ephedra and an FDA approved diet pill is that | | | | isolated in an economical manner. Therefore it will |
| the FDA personally warns you of the possible side | | | | not be researched for approval. (research is too |
| effects. Yet the FDA approved diet pill stays on | | | | expensive to not come out of it with an exclusive |
| the market and the non-approved diet pill gets | | | | patent) |
| banned. | | | | Don't let the fact that Hoodia has not been |
| When really the reason why the non-approved | | | | approved by the FDA deter you from using it. I |
| diet pill was never approved is because money | | | | know first hand that if you get Hoodia from an |
| wasn't spent on research. The reason money | | | | authentic reliable source it does work. And the |
| wasn't spent on research is because the profit | | | | history of it's usage has shown that there are no |
| potential for the drug companies just wasn't | | | | side effects. |
| there. | | | | I think an all natural supplement such as Hoodia, |
| You will NEVER see an all natural diet pill approved | | | | that has thousands of years behind it proving it's |
| by the FDA since an all natural substance cannot | | | | safety, is much better to use than an FDA |
| be patented. Pharmaceutical companies won't | | | | approved diet pill that has yet to prove it's long |
| spend the money on the research unless they | | | | term safety. |
| can come away with an exclusive patent. | | | | |