[alert] FDA rules against colloidal silver i (fwd)

[Robert Marshall <marshalr@OHSU.EDU>]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:50:05 -0700
From: Rebecca Long <arlong@netcom.com>
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Subject: [alert] FDA rules against colloidal silver i

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</color>FDA rules against colloidal silver, silver salts in OTC drugs 


WESTPORT, Aug 18 (Reuters Health) - The US Food and Drug 
Administration declared on Tuesday that over-the-counter drug 
products that contain colloidal silver or silver salts are not 
recognized as safe or effective. 



According to the FDA Final Rule, "...a colloidal silver product for 
any drug use will first have to be approved by the FDA under the 
new drug application procedures." The FDA said that the general 
public cannot use these types of drugs safely on an over-the-
counter basis because adequate directions cannot be written. 


In addition, the agency said that the products are mislabeled when 
they state that substantial scientific evidence exists that the drugs 
are safe and effective for their intended uses. 


Products containing colloidal silver, a suspension of silver particles 
in a gelatinous base, have been labeled to treat adults and children 
for HIV, AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, malaria, lupus, syphilis, 
scarlet fever, shingles, herpes, pneumonia, typhoid, tetanus and 
other indications. The drugs are usually taken orally but some exist 
in topical or intravenous form. 



-Westport Newsroom 203 319 2700 


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