FDA - Drug

Being an FDI reviewer I will first try to look the historical perspective . American consumers spent almost 31 billion dollars in 1999 on dietary supplements. "The nourishment and pharmaceutical administration (FDA) has over 2,900 adverse event anecdotes about ephedrine, ginkgo, St John's wort, ginseng, and thousands of other supplements; these encompass 104 deaths. For every harmful event in its files, the FDA estimates that 100 more go unreported." (42)

As the Wizard of Oz one time said, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." regrettably, numerous people do just that. They focus on TV and publication testimonials ...