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Product Certification and efficacy in the United States (Non-FDA approved…
Product Certification and efficacy in the United States
Non-FDA approved products and other Product Regulatory Organizations
so it just encourages all of us to be more rational about what were buying, what agencies cover and why they only cover certain things and then also looking at ingredients and doing that research.
Goes back into basically the same as 2, its about doing the research on products you want to use before just jumping right in, ensuring that youre able to find the best product ingredient and effect wise for you specifically
knowing that the FDA chose not to cover certain products, asking why, and then looking to the regulations that do cover the specific type of product and looking at how they regulate items and what their variability levels are, boils down to doing research for items youre interested in using or already use
i feel as if these are more important than other aspects i could look at because theyre broad enough to get a sense of what happens to most products consumers use regularly,
what agencies take over where the FDA fails to look
why have they ruled not to cover certain products, they could still have the company do the testing and send them results and pay and its nearly no extra effort on the FDA's part besides bureaucratic stuff
i set out searching for health supplements that were and of course didnt really find any
i learned that health supplements like protein and others arent actually regulated through the FDA due to senate ruling the products a food product, as well as products that make claims on basic biological principles like protein repairing muscle or calcium being good for bones. i have learned that there are other regulating agencies but i have yet to find out what they are and how extensive theyre regulation is because after looking on Labdoor, some of the protein labels are not accurate at all.
like i know theres an organization called the FTC that regulated health supplements, so why not slap an "FTC APPROVED" label on your product instead?
• why were rulings made federally not to regulate certain products through the FDA, are the other controlling agencies government backed like the FDA?
The Extent of the FDA's actual scope of work
i would like to talk about the FDA, what capacity the FDA really does work. what guidelines they hold products they certify to as far as holding true to the claims the companies make vs. the results of their tests.
This is important because i constantly see products labeled with "not regulated by the FDA" like protein supplements or other health supplements, so why are companies so worried about those labels if theyre not required to be FDA approved?
the whole workings of the FDA just baffle me
my perspective sheds light on the, almost hysteria level of faith in the FDA for everything, and companies live or die by the
Im interested in this topic because i was so sucked into the thought that if my stuff wasnt federally certified then it wasnt a good product,
hopefully in terms of medicine i can show how little the FDA actually does for pharmaceuticals
What does the FDA actually do in terms of Approving products
they matter because the FDA is almost placed on a pedestal to the american public, not much is really said about the FDA but you see it everywhere, even on products they dont test so its almost like this illuminati-esque thing that oversees all but nobody really knows what it is or does. so being able to shed some light on the organization as a whole will encourage people to ask questions themselves and get the most out of what theyre buying
People blindly trusting the approval of the FDA without actually knowing the variance levels the FDA puts into approving companies research, like minoxidil only being like 60% effective but of course its FDA approved and people see that instead of any statistics and drop money on a gamble of a product
Corporate abuse of the FDA
How much money do companies have to pay the FDA to test their own stuff, send the FDA the reports, all for a little emblem
insurance companies only covering FDA products pretty much and only for the intended use, no tricks anywhere.
my contribution is significant to give the general consumer more knowledge on the products theyre buying and not just running to the label because it says FDA on it, which technically is against the law.
push for insurance companies to cover medicines and prescriptions that licensed physicians are prescribing, which they are doing out of trust in the product because who would risk losing a practitioners license over a prescription just to bill someone
Well the insurance reason is the big one, how theyll only really cover prescriptions if theyre used to the exact specifications of what the FDA has approved the item to do. so it costs the public a ton in bills that should otherwise be covered. hopefully people can see the work i do and push for insurance companies to not be as concise in their rulings as theyre messing with peoples lives in tandem with the FDA which does nothing
Miscellany
the value i see in this topic is being certain of what goes into your body and how you can assure that youre doing the best you can for yourself.
i think it can teach us all to be more inquisitive about the products we use, like i bet most of the people in this page are more consciences about buying body products that dont contain parabens or sulfates now that the research had become widespread and you didnt have to do any digging to find out what types of harsh chemicals were in them
i can contribute a wider net of knowledge to the general public about what they should really be looking out for in terms of trusting products, where to turn for answers on product efficacy, etc
i can use the knowledge i gain from this to promote consumer research into the products youre buying, not just blindly buying something based off assumption
A literal quote from FDA.gov
FDA does not develop or test products before approving them. Instead, FDA experts review the results of laboratory, animal, and human clinical testing done by manufacturers. If FDA grants an approval, it means the agency has determined that the benefits of the product outweigh the known risks for the intended use.
Interesting article i found and the opinion of a FORMER FDA COMMISSIONER AND HIS OPINION OF THE FDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://coachquestions.com/is-shakeology-fda-approved/
