When you shop in the grocery store, there is usually a sign telling the origin of the produce you buy, especially fruit.
But when you buy pharmaceuticals, there is not such revelation made nor is it required. Check this out:
- Recently, the FDA linked the deaths of 19 people to contaminated batches of the blood thinner heparin from China.
- According to the April 8th, 2008 issue of the Wall Street Journal, 80% of the active ingredients in US drugs now originate overseas. (It appears clear that there is no end to the greed of the drug companies!!) They are usually synthesized from chemicals in laboratories, but some include biological agents as diverse as whale sperm, cow spinal cords and human blood parts. YIKES!!!
- Pfizer has confirmed fake versions of its drugs in 75 countries and in the legitimate supply chain in at least 25 countries.
- 95% of vitamins are made overseas as well. Recently a government official there was put to death for taking bribes to overlook the inclusion of contaminated ingredients in vitamins made in a Chinese Factory.
- The Government Accountability Office (I know, it sounds like an oxymoron) says that if theFDA had to inspect all the overseas facilities only once, it would take them more than 13 years.
What about the remedies you get from me? Most of the homeopathic remedies you get from me are from Hahnemann Labs in San Francisco. Remedies from Hahnemann labs are a bit more expensive than they are from other pharmacies, but they are an FDA licensed laboratory. When building their pharmacy, they took advantage of the existing clean room technology from the nearby Silicon Valley and made their laboratory a clean room. The design of this state of the art facility exceeds the cleanliness and workflow design standards of most conventional pharmaceutical plants. They are regularly inspected by the FDA, unlike the overseas facilities of the drug companies. If they source their remedies from a different pharmacy, they let me know this.
If I cannot get a certain remedy or potency from Hahnemann Labs, I will order it from Washington Homeopathic Products. They have been in business making remedies since 1873. WOW! I also secure remedies from Helios Pharmacy in England on occasion. Many of the world’s best homeopaths make Helios their number one choice as a place from which to get their remedies. If someone has remedies from an unknown source, or from a pharmacy I am not particularly fond of, I generally ask them not to use those remedies until we are sure we have the right remedy.
If you want to throw out uncertainty of safety along with your prescription drugs, give me a call--651-748-1556. We’ll make sure your remedies are effective AND safe.
