Intravenous Vitamin C and Magnesium Ban

The Feb/March 2011 issue of Townsend Letter contains a comment by the publisher along with an editorial comment from Alan R. Gaby, MD, that is worth reading, in case you aren't aware of this development.

This concerns the banning by the FDA of the manufacture of vitamin C, magnesium and B complex for intravenous and intramuscular injection. In part, publisher, Jonathan Collins, MD, writes:

"Why the FDA would want to ban the manufacture of these injectables appears to be more of a case of bureaucracy overreach of power and control than prudent regulation and good science.

As noted in the previous Letter from the Publisher about the farmer in New Zealand who in 2010 became deathly ill and was rescued not by vigilant ICU care, but by the administration of the IV vitamin C. New Zealand's version of 60 Minutes aired two stories about this remarkable case...first telling the dramatic account about how the farmer was being left to die before the family demanded administration of the IV vitamin C; the second was an interview of the NZ medical establishment attempting to explain away the significance of vitamin C in curing this patient. In both cases, 60 Minutes focused for about 30 seconds on an individual bottle of injectable vitamin C manufactured in the US- similar bottles were used in the NZ hospital's ICU to treat the farmer. The label easily identified McGuff Company in Santa Ana, CA. Remarkably, the first company in the US to be notified that injectable vitamin C is being banned was the McGuff company.
If one were paranoid (not an issue at the Townsend Letter), one might think there was a connection between the airtime of those 60 Minute stories in the fall of 2010 and the banning of vitamin C before New Years Day.

The good news is that the vitamin C, magnesium and the B complex for injection is still available through compounding pharmacies, including McGuff. Let's hope the FDA doesn't ban pharmacies from compounding injectables." unquote

Now, read Dr. Gaby's Editorial Comments.
Big Brother Usurps Grandfather
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Jackie

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Saddened and concerned to read this. The struggle for power continues.....

Good grief, what harm do these C injections do, does the FDA say? This is a stupid move---my brother is starting to take an IV with mag., vit. C and vit. B, he has venous stasis in his legs, the veins, they apparently aren't doing the ****of pumping blood back to his heart, we are hoping that these I.V.s will help in strenghting his veins. Our doctor is getting the vitamins from a compounding pharmacy.

Medicine has no answer for his condition, they just say take a diuretic, wear support stockings and elevate the legs, that helps but doesn't cure. The only thing that the medical profession can do is slash and burn, most diseases they can't cure yet they jump on something that could help, bunch of power hungry idiots, the FDA.

This bunch of idiots put aspartane on the market, the girl that does my hair told me that her father has just been diagnosed with bladder cancer, in talking with her she said that her father drank a few cans of a diet soda everyday, looks like a connection to me, yet the FDA doesn't ban aspartane.

I will write my two senators, although, I have little faith in those two, perhaps some of the new freshman congressional people can help.


Liz

Liz – sorry to hear your brother is still struggling. That venous insufficiency issue can take a long time to resolve. The vitamin C IV's should help and definitely the flavonoids from various nutrients. See this article on pycnogenol or grape seed extract.
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The latest issue of Life Extension Magazine features an article titled, " The Emperor Has No Clothes…Quality Lapses at Big Pharma Unveiled"

The first few paragraphs are worrisome for the fate of compounding pharmacies, although this addresses compounded drugs rather than IV preparations, but if they go after the compounders…it will probably be a clean sweep.

…”The pharmaceutical industry is disseminating a myth for the purpose of frightening the public away from compounded drugs.

The claim is that since compounding pharmacies are not directly supervised by the FDA, they lack the quality control standards inherent to large pharmaceutical corporations. The media is functioning as a mouthpiece for Big Pharma by attacking compounding pharmacies and those who recommend them in lieu of side effect-prone FDA-approved drugs.

The harsh reality is that Big Pharma has been caught red-handed committing numerous and egregious manufacturing lapses. Even when life-threatening problems are uncovered, such as no active ingredient being present in the finished drug, Big Pharma has done nothing until the fines become prohibitive and executives are threatened with jail time. Big Pharma’s arrogance is beyond comprehension.

Compounding pharmacies, on the other hand, sell what are often superior formulas usually at lower prices than branded FDA-approved prescription drugs. Men seeking testosterone replacement for example can obtain it from a compounding pharmacy for less than $30 a month, whereas a branded drug such as Androgel® costs $225 for the same quantity of testosterone.”
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The article goes on to give examples of various drugs involved. In the case of an asthma drug, the active ingredient (albuterol) was missing from the inhaler.. They described people having an attack, trying again and again to use the inhaler without success and then they died. Those helping the victim witnessed the tragedy.

This is from LEF’s April 11 issue (hard copy)… in another month or so, it will be available online at the LEF site. I’ll try to remember to get the weblink so you can read the entire article.

Good luck with writing your legislators. If everyone did that, maybe there would be some impact, but don’t hold your breath.

Jackie

This editorial by Alan R. Gaby, MD, published in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Feb. 2011... should be of interest... read his observations and recommendations....

Big brother usurps grandfather
by Alan R. Gaby, M.D.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a long history of causing needless human suffering by restricting the availability of safe and effective natural remedies. Now they have outdone even themselves, with a burst of idiocy and totalitarianism that should lead any thinking person to question their legitimacy as a governing agency.

On December 28, 2010, the FDA demanded an immediate cessation of the manufacturing and distribution of three nutritional products designed for parenteral administration: vitamin C (500 mg/ml in 50-ml vials), magnesium chloride (200 mg/ml in 50-ml multi-dose vials), and vitamin B complex 100 (in 30-ml multi-dose vials). Although all of these products have been in wide use for decades, and have long been granted "grandfather" status, the FDA has now inexplicably reclassified them as unapproved new drugs.

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Business must be slow.

Yes - most likely people are becoming too well inexpensively. The idea is to keep people sick and coming back. If you cure them, the coffers become empty.