ANH Says Compounding pharmacies, essential providers of medications used by alternative practitioners, threatened by legislation

The Alliance for Natural Health, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to political advocacy to ensure access to holistic medicine, serves an important role as watch dog and advocate for health freedoms. On May 7 the Alliance sent an action alert to its members advising of draft legislation by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) that would act to eliminate important compounding medications. Examples of compounding medications commonly used in alternative health include DMSA (used to treat metal toxicity), Low Dose Naltrexone, bio-identical hormones and parasite medications. Due to an overwhelming response by interested citizens and support by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), who is a strong advocate for natural health, a second draft announced on May 17, removed much of the threatening language. The proposal still holds potential threats to compounding drugs such as the bio-identical hormone estriol, due to language that allows entire categories of compounding drugs to be banned by the FDA. A third draft will be announced May 20 and the committee will vote on May 22. For more information and to take action, see http://www.anh-usa.org

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