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I say No. And if you feel the same you should state your thoughts by going to: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/comments/COMMENTSMain.CFM?EC_DOCUMENT_ID=1451&SUBTYP=CONTINUE&CID=&AGENCY=FDA

And also contact your local Senate: www.congress.org

Please read below: A re-print from HSI:

Dear Reader,

This might be the most important e-Alert I’ll ever send you.

Your healthcare freedom is constantly under attack. And as we’ve just discovered, that freedom has suddenly come under fire as never before.

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Most HSI members won’t be surprised to learn that the FDA has launched a plan to impose new regulations on alternative healthcare – regulations that are far more severe than existing regs.

Attempts like this aren’t new, of course. Over the years we’ve diligently monitored such actions so that we can keep you informed through the e-Alert, the HSI Members Alert, and our web site.

Just last month I told you about a new senate bill called the Safe Drug Compounding Act that would limit the freedom of women to choose a safe alternative to synthetic hormone replacement therapy. So far, there’s no further news about the progress of that completely unnecessary act, but now a much larger threat looms.

This past December, the FDA quietly put a document on its web site titled "Draft Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration." This document is open to public comments until April 30, 2007 – just a few days from now.

After that, FDA officials will evaluate the comments and decide if they dare proceed with a regulation that might actually make it a crime to take vitamin C for a cold without a prescription.

Sound extreme? Absolutely! This is the most extreme attempt to control the sale and use of dietary supplements I’ve ever seen.

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The cards are stacked
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The FDA document is 14 pages long, but here’s what it boils down to: If you use an herbal or dietary supplement to stay healthy or to help prevent an ailment, that’s fine. But if any supplement is used to treat a symptom, then it’s a medicine and will be regulated by the FDA, just like any prescription drug.

And there’s a qualifying statement to that second part: The supplement will be exempted if it is "generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling."

In other words, the freedom to use a supplement to treat a condition will be at the discretion of FDA experts. And given the track record of FDA experts, this is really bad news.

With this spacious latitude, there’s no telling just how far the FDA might go to restrict access to supplements. For instance, they could take a widely used supplement off the market if the label states a benefit; such as using lutein to reduce the damage from age-related macular degeneration, or using chondroitin and glucosamine to reduce joint pain, or using probiotics to address digestive problems – the list goes on and on.

As HSI Panelist Jon Barron points out on his web site (jonbarron.org), under the proposed FDA guidelines even bottled water might be considered a drug if used to alleviate severe dehydration, which is an emergency medical condition.

can someone help me with this type of situation…
please…

if the expected period was on june 4
and had sex with broken condom on june 2
took ec(emrgency contraceptive- not plan B – used femenal) on june 3

when should be the expected next period?
*also the girl is irregular with 37/38 days cycle(last)

is the chances of being pregnant high?

june 9 and today – experience white discharge (mucous)
june 10 experience white discharge (egg like) sticky

is she pregnant????
can we look for any signs that she is not pregnant such as
no implantation bleeding (yet)

can it possible to ovulate even your pregnant?
(considering the chance that she is preggy, is it possible to ovulate at this stage?)

confused and little knowledge..
really need help to people out there who could help me…
we only assume that on that her period would come on june 4..
since she used emergency contraceptive..
we are waiting until now for her period..
i’m looking for possible signs whether she is not pregnant or not..
that is why i’m asking all of these..