Posted by Cecilia on January 17, 2008, at 21:36:11
In reply to Re: CNS research Deplin Link » star008, posted by Larry Hoover on January 14, 2008, at 12:34:01
> > http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=1267
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> > check out this article.. the fda classifies dephlin as neither a drug or a supplement.. so according to them we are both wrong
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> Ahhh. Thanks for the link. With it, I was finally able to find an FDA document on the subject. For some reason, keyword searches using 'medical food' on the FDA website had failed to get any hits.
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> http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/medfguid.html
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> The key item in this document, IMHO, is #7. It appears that a manufacturer is free to declare a substance a medical food, without FDA approval being required, provided it meets the criteria in item 2. If that medical food is patented, that effectively restricts the market.
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> Lar
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This is scary, Larry. No wonder there is no real info about Deplin, like side effects or studies done, on its website. I still don't understand how they were able to legally get the patent when FDA approval isn't even required. Cecilia
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