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Article: SOME HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ARE QUESTIONABLE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 27, 1994
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Byline: CONSUMER REPORTS
Thanks to good friends in high places, homeopathic remedies have been legally recognized as drugs for half a century. In 1938, U.S. Sen.ator Royal Copeland, who also was a homeopathic physician, saw to it that the new federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act included a special provision for homeopathic remedies. As a result, all substances listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States have been exempt from the safety and efficacy testing legally required for other drugs.
The status of homeopathic remedies gives them a marketing edge over herbal products and dietary supplements, which are under increasing U.S. Food ...