Posted: 9/5/2006 6:38:08 AM EDT
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anyone here using avacor? does it work? |
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I have strong opinions about "herbal" and "natural" dietary supplements. IMHO, if the manufacturer does not have the faith in their product to submit it to the FDA to verify its safety and effectiveness, I'm not dumb enough to pollute my body with it. Advertizing a product with an actor in a white coat strays WAY into misleading territory. Oh, wait, but its NATURAL, so it must be better for me than all those nasty chemicals from the Halliburton/Big Pharma conspiracy  .ETA: I am gifted with a full head of hair at 41, and a father with a full head of hair at 75, so I'm sure I'm not fully "feeling your pain". On the other hand, if I did have male pattern baldness, I'd shave it all off and thank my lucky stars that this hairstyle is fashionable and acceptable these days... Kojak pioneered this look for you in the 70s so you would not have to take snake oil like Avacor. |
I think that putting full faith in a government organization is more crazy than trusting "herbal" and "natural" dietary supplements. |
If you actually worked in the industry, and knew how rigorous this testing is, you would sing a different tune. Oh, and the .gov is not the ultimate arbiter of "safe and effective" anymore - just ask Merck whether they are more frightened of the FDA or the ABA. |
Still, it's a government organization, which makes it suspect, just like we don't trust the BATF. Furthermore, there have been many cases where the FDA approved something which turned out to be harmful or deadly. |
True - to err is human. However, there is a HUGE effort in the legitimate pharmaceutical industry to minimize risk and maximize effectiveness. Do you know how many new drug molecules were approved in the US in 2005 ? 100 ? 1,000 ? 10,000 ? Wrong - there were only 11 new drug molecules approved by the FDA in all of 2005. And its not because the drug companies and FDA are incompetent, or lazy, or greedy (drug company spending on R&D was upward of 50 BILLION dollars in 2005, plus the NIH budget was about another $30BN). The reason is that, when they get it wrong, the cost to the drug company is potentially enormous. They want to be as sure as they can that a new drug is truly safe and effective. I guess that's why you don't see many "real" cures for male pattern baldness. That's a stark contrast with the snake oil salesmen of the "nutraceuticals" industry, who prey on the sizable "natural must be better" market in the US. If they screw up and kill anyone (can you say Ephedra), they just shut down and reopen somewhere else under a new name. But if you know better, go ahead and be the guinea pig  .
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