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As January moves along I continue to wish you a very healthy and happy year.

I am watching closely the Ephedra controversy and the FDA's Forked Tongue process that could possible backfire on them. Since the pharmaceutical companies really run the entity I am watching to see if the FDA acknowledges the drug company's failure to comply or if the drug companies will comply and you will not find their OTC cough and cold preparations?  Time will tell... Will they try to keep it quiet that the preparations contain ephedra's working properties in their medications or will they stop using it. A Mystery to watch!

Here's hoping you are warm, cozy and healthy...

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Something To Think About

LENA'S NOTE: FDA's Forked Tongue process could possible backfire on them if there are enough protests over the banningof Ephedra (Ma Huang). The following explains!


Natural Product Consultant: Despite Ban, Ephedra Will Remain In Common Cold-Flu Medications


DENVER, Jan 02, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Despite the FDA's proposed ban on ephedra in diet supplements, high doses of its active ingredient will remain in many over-the-counter drugs used by millions of Americans every day, according to Rob McCaleb, a natural product consultant with the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP and founder and president of the Herb Research Foundation. 

"Even after the proposed ban takes effect, anyone, even children, will be able to walk into a drug store, grocery or even convenience store and buy FDA- approved 'safe and effective' products consisting of heavy doses of ephedrine. This includes some of the biggest and most profitable over-the-counter products on the shelves of every major pharmacy in the country," said McCaleb. 

Ephedrine, used in over-the-counter drugs for treating asthma and congestion, and pseudoephedrine, used as a nasal decongestant, are the two main compounds in the plant ephedra, or Ma Huang, which has been used for these purposes since long before modern science or medicine was conceived. 

"The proposed ban has the potential to affect the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies, who will have to protect those products from a domino-effect ban," said attorney Jim Prochnow, a shareholder of Greenberg Traurig. Prochnow regularly teams with McCaleb on drug and supplement projects worldwide. "Both supplement and over-the-counter drug manufacturers are staring into the abyss of the loss of a major ingredient." Prochnow has represented numerous diet supplement companies over the last 13 years. 

"There were two major OTC decongestants. One, PPA (phenylpropanolamine), fell a few years ago for safety reasons. It was the major active ingredient in leading cold medications. Now there is just one, pseudoephedrine," he said. 

"The FDA has decided that it is willing to go to court to maintain that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, the industry's and the public's 'Bill of Rights' with respect to food supplements, empowers the FDA to ban or declare 'unsafe' an entire class of substances rather than having to proceed on a product-by-product basis." 

The FDA has stated that consumers should not take ephedrine alkaloids because they are unsafe (in supplements). Yet, the FDA allows their use in OTC drugs. 

"The FDA is in an untenable position from a toxicological standpoint," said Prochnow. "Generally, 25 mg of ephedrine has the same safety and the same risk if taken for weight loss or asthma. It's either too dangerous for consumers to self-medicate with, or it is not. We are evaluating the FDA's position and the possible impact of this decision on other supplement ingredients, because this may signal new risks for the industry and for the public's right to access self-care health products." 

About Greenberg Traurig LLP 

Greenberg Traurig LLP is among a select group of international law firms with more than 1,000 attorneys. In the United States, the firm is ranked No. 12 as reported in The National Law Journal's listing of the country's largest law firms. Globally, the firm's 1,100 lawyers and governmental professionals in 21 offices bring experience and creativity into every client relationship, from emerging companies to Fortune 500 corporations - in achieving and managing their goals. For additional information about Greenberg Traurig, visit the firm's Web site at www.gtlaw.com . 

SOURCE Greenberg Traurig LLP 

CONTACT: Rob McCaleb, cell, +1-303-598-2803 and Jim Prochnow 

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Lowering your “bad” (LDL) cholesterol with statin drugs may not reduce the rate at which plaque builds up in the arteries surrounding the heart, according to a study. 
Researchers concluded that the commonly held belief that lower cholesterol is better does not extend to the reversal of calcified plaque progression. 

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Health Tip of the Week
by Dr. Earl Mindell

Risky New Statin Drug On The Market

On August 13, 2003, a new addition to the statin drugs (including
Lipitor, Lescol, Mevacor, Pravachol, and Zocor) was approved by
the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). This new addition,
rosuvastatin (Crestor), would seem to be a safe alternative to
cerivastatin (Baycol), which was recently recalled because of 31
deaths from rhabdomyolysis, a side effect that involves muscle
tissue breakdown and kidney failure. According to a warning from
the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen, Crestor is an ything
but safe.

In clinical tests, dosages of 80, 40, 20, and 10 mg were
evaluated. It was determined that the 80-mg dose was too high;
kidney function tests showed damage and muscle weakness appeared
in many patients (a harbinger of rhabdomyolysis). The FDA
approved the drug at all of the lower strengths.

Unfortunately, it appears from the clinical test results that the
40-mg dose was high enough to cause increased findings of protein
in the urine (proteinuria) and blood in the urine (hematuria).
These are, as you might guess, signs of kidney damage, and in
some cases they appeared in conjunction with increased blood
serum creatinine, a laboratory indicator of kidney damage. These
findings hadn't turned up in pre-approval studies of any other
statin­not even Baycol.

The new statin's maker has said that these kidney effects were
due to "a previously unobserved effect of the statin family of
drugs," but none of the research the company submitted was
sufficient to back them up on this claim.

The findings of proteinuria and hematuria were microscopic at the
40-mg dose, and weren't associated with worsening of kidney
function; still, no other statin has had these findings at
recommended dosages. This is not a safe drug. (If this seems a
little paranoid, keep in mind that no one suffered rhabdomyolysis
in the pre-approval tests of Baycol.

Crestor, on the other hand, did cause rare cases of
rhabdomyolysis in pre-approval trials.) The FDA recommends that
if a patient on Crestor is found to have these findings in urine
tests, they should have their dose lowered. Problem is, the FDA
doesn't recommend routine urine testing for patients on Crestor,
so it's unlikely that doctors will implement it.

Statins, on the whole, are best avoided. Instead, consult your
nutritionally-oriented physician for natural supplements to help
support healthy cholesterol levels. If you still have to use a
statin, don't choose Crestor. Choose one of the older statins
instead. There's no advantage to the newer model, and there may
be significant risks.

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Are They For Real?
© by Lena Sanchez

There is a new kid on the block trying to convince you that 
they are in your best interest and they are guarding your 
health from faulty nutritional supplements.

They have come out supporting the ban on Ephedra and 
want you to think that it is bad for your health. 

This new kid on the block came into being in 1973 with 
the sole purpose to be the regulation entity of nutritional 
supplements and to allow companies to continue with 
toxic chemical based products. Their own site states: 
"CRN's mission is to improve the environment for 
member companies to responsibly market dietary 
supplements by enhancing confidence among media, 
healthcare professionals, decision makers and 
consumers." Did you notice they admit their sole 
purpose is to "IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT 
FOR MEMBER COMPANIES"? Not the 
environment around us!!! " 

"The Council for Responsible Nutrition." Sadly, is 
another ploy to make money for certain companies
by shutting down the other's outside their group!

Those CRN members includes none other than 
BAYER, BASF, PFIZER, MONSANTO, and WYETH. 

I'm sure you recognize those names. They are some 
of the biggest pocketbooks in the pharmaceutical 
Industry. And their whole goal is to eliminate their 
competition, especially competition that is safer and 
more effective than their chemical products!

Their track record on protecting you isn't very good. For 
instance WYETH made the diet drug fen-phen that was 
responsible for a multitude of people developing a valvular
diseased heart with death of some. Finally the protest was 
loud enough that product was removed from the market 
and they are now paying millions of dollars to families 
and people who were damaged from that product.

BAYER whose pharmaceutical end of the company
makes a host of cough and cold preparations that
contain ephedrine extract, simple ephedra and the
part of the plant that is supposed to be so dangerous
for us according to them.

MONSANTO makes a multitude of herbicidals that are 
responsible for toxic poisoning, ill health and death for 
many as well as contaminating our earth and environment 
around us for hundreds of years to come. Then there 
is their artificial sweetener (equal) that poisons us and 
is causing a multitude of neurological illnesses and 
diseases! Click Here to read Pickled and Ready For Burial  
 
Then there is PFIZER; Viagra that men are dying for. 
Viagra has killed a multitude of men from drug induced 
heart problems. Pfizer's cough and cold products 
contain a derivative of ephedra. They also make a 
multitude of antibiotics that continue to cause mutating 
bacteria that is causing hourly deaths from mega bacteria. 
How's that for "talking with forked tongue," as my Choctaw 
Cherokee ancestors would say? 

I won't go into the other companies backing this group 
but you get the picture I'm sure. 

Be on the lookout for "The Council for Responsible 
Nutrition" and the subtle way they have of taking over 
your mind and thinking they are there to guide you in a 
healthy nutritional realm… NOT! They are putting millions 
of dollars into the campaign to get their name and goals 
in the forefront.

Be Smart And Diligent In Who Helps You Decide What 
Is Best For You!
Lena

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3 Top Enforcement Officials Say They Will Leave E.P.A.


In August, the administration changed air pollution rules to give utility companies more leeway to modernize their power plants without having to upgrade their pollution control equipment. That change prompted the agency's enforcement division to drop investigations into about 50 power plants for suspected violations of the Clean Air Act. Last month, however, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the administration from enforcing the new air pollution rules. 

The head of the agency's enforcement division, J. P. Suarez, announced his resignation on Monday to take a job as general counsel at a division of Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, in Arkansas. Mr. Suarez has been at the agency for 18 months. The E.P.A. announced in November that it was going to suspend investigations into utilities after the administration loosened the sections of the Clean Air Act that govern aging coal-burning power plants. 

In the last two weeks, Bruce Buckheit, the head of air enforcement division, and Mr. Biondi, his deputy, who had worked at the agency since 1971, retired. 

The two, who took a buyout offered to senior agency employees, join other top enforcement lawyers who have resigned or retired. Eric Schaeffer, the former head of civil enforcement, resigned in spring 2002 with a scathing letter criticizing the administration's enforcement of the Clean Air Act. Sylvia K. Lowrance, the acting assistant administrator for enforcement and a career enforcement official, retired in August 2002. 

"We will see more resignations in the future as the administration fails to enforce environmental laws," Ms. Lowrance said.

Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/politics/06EPA.html?th 

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