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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 97 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Shouldn’t ALL homeopathic “medicine” be pulled?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Genetically Modified Skeptic intensifies

I swear I just heard drew screaming from atop a building somewhere.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some "homeopathic medicine" is just food tho

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

I think you're confusing natural medicine with homeopathy. Homeopathy is straight nonsense, always.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably, but I'd wager it's a timesaving way to treat hypochondriacs.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

And potentially lifesaving but it doesn't address the core issue and makes a ton of profits for crooks instead of funding actual research

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, they just need to stop making claims that they help

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 9 months ago

Just label that shit for what it is: bottled water.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe but that would involve us trusting the government.

I don't think it should have ever been a crime to smoke a joint I also don't think it should be a crime to eat a sugar cube that someone put three drops of water on it.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Legislators and regulators are targeting producers and not consumers.

Would you rather trust companies driven entirely by profit over the government?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Legislators and regulators are targeting producers and not consumers.

The same way the drug war was waged yes? How did that work for us?

Would you rather trust companies driven entirely by profit over the government?

False dilemma. Now are you willing to put down money right now that the government will never try to ban abortion pills? If you aren't I must conclude that you are the one that doesn't trust the government. You know the same government that fought a war against cannabis users for 9 decades.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Do you live in USA? If I did, I would be worried about the government too.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Change the words 'eye drop' to 'product' and it would be a far better thing for the FDA to say.

[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I work in a lab that often tests these types of things. I can tell you with certainty: STAY THE FUCK AWAY! DO NOT USE!

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Bro can't just drop a warning like that and not explain further

[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The people in charge of testing for contamination have no idea what they are doing. I have a limited view of this, but from what I've seen they don't know what they need to test for. They don't have proper procedures in place of they get a positive test. Lastly they don't seem to have proper monitoring of their facilities to begin with.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago
[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

See my other responses for more elaboration.

[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because they are empty or because they are full of contaminants?

[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

It's both because homeopathic remedies are pretty much useless and the people that make them have no business being anywhere near things people put in their bodies.

[–] Arin@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I read it wrong,

Every homophobic eye drop should be pulled off the market

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

I was all ready to be upset at eyedrop manufacturers for being homophobic and now I'm upset at them for a whole different reason. Very destabilizing.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Its easy to call out homeopathic medicine as frauds stealing from fools. Same with chiropractors and anti-vaxers. But what we need to acknowledge that the adversarial, inaccessible, rapacious, and Kafkaesque medical systems in Western countries, especially America alienate people and drive them toward this crap.

Mistrust of pharma, hospitals, doctors, and the health department is not irrational.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Much as I like Arstechnica, this was one of the worse articles I've read there in a while. It's based off of this bullitin.

The author seems to have taken this:

Do not use ophthalmic products that:

  • Are marketed as OTC products to treat serious eye conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy or macular degeneration. There > are no OTC treatments for these conditions.
  • Are labeled as homeopathic, as these products should not be marketed.

And then the author seemed to imply that ALL eye drops are homeopathic and should be pulled, which is not quite what the FDA was saying.

edit: I hit post before I had finished typing when I had intended to hit preview to check my markdown. edit: And then I missed the typos anyhow. Screw it. Send it.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

Are you sure? Neither title nor article appear to suggest such a thing.

After referencing previous scary eye drop news:

No one should ever use any homeopathic ophthalmic products, and every single such product should be pulled off the market.
The point is unexpected, given that none of the high-profile infections and recalls this year involved homeopathic products.

[–] LegionEris@feddit.nl 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hear me out, I like Similasan eye drops because they're just saline with an alternative preservative. The flower magic stories are just for fun. My eyes like their saline blend best x_x

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Plz check back in when you go blind from some whack ass contaminant in your unregulated eyedrops made by crazy and/or cynical people who may or may not believe in germ theory.