[email hidden] (Clinton C Zimmerman) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:Exactly, amalgam should be treated as a Drug because it releases a
deadly toxin into the human body.
Not exactly. It should be treated as a drug if the FDA determines it
should.
Quoted message said:
In the US how does the FDA treat drugs?
Burden of proof of safety is on the manufacturer and it can take years
for approval /not so amalgam which was grandfathered in and classified
as a device to escape evalution for adverse effects from the high
powered FDA drug
division.Strict manufacturing contols are applied so that all pills or
release capsules deliver dosage within a certain range and the
drug company provides manufacturing data from the floor to
assure compliance. Not so with amalgam where an incompentent dentist
or assistant can pack amalgam in a way that substantially differs from
what the manufacturer advertises and even known defective capsules
from the manufacturere are subject to no regulation.
Do you mean tampering with amalgam capsules, or placing amalgam in a
different fashion?
Quoted message said:
A packet including all adverse reaction data is included with the
drug and given to physician and patient. yes, asprin has a warning
label.
I have no problem with giving patients all the information they want.
I make sure to point out what has been accepted by the scientific
community and what has not.
Quoted message said:
Adverse reactions are collected and investigated. Not so FDA dental
devices
which has recieved thousands of adverse reaction reports and dumped
them
in the garbage.So you see, that is exactly the problem. In the US Amalgam isn't
treated like a drug at all.
Then you should concentrate your efforts in convincing the FDA that it
should be treated as a drug.
Dr. Bonilla