August 18, 2010
A Note On The Food And Drug Administration And The HCG Diet Protocol:
The FDA’s role is to regulate drugs and drug related products on the market. As a part of this role, the FDA reviews the research done on the safety and
effectiveness of particular medications and determines if a particular medication can be prescribed in the United States, and if so what conditions the FDA believes the medication is effective in treatingAs long as a drug is safe to use, it is up to the discretion of the medical doctor to prescribe it for various conditions that they, in their training and experience, understand and attempt to safely treat.
HCG has been used by the medical community for over 25 years to treat various medical conditions including overweight conditions.
While HCG has been approved for use by the FDA, it has not been given an indication for dieting. This is because the FDA does not believe that scientific research done thus far supports the use of HCG for dieting.
The use of HCG for dieting under these conditions is known as an “off label” use of the medication. Because medical knowledge and therapeutic methods are always evolving, the “off label” use of medications to treat various medical conditions, including being overweight, is a not uncommon practice in the field of medicine.
As the government regulator of prescription medications, the FDA requires physicians to make patients aware of and understand the FDA’s position on HCG and dieting. Their position is included on the package insert of all
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July 4, 2011
EddySays @ 9:07 pm:
All over the counter HCG products were announced as illegal and fraudulent by the FDA on January 24, 2011
Testing concluded that all over the counter oral and injection products on the market have little to no real HCG in them but most a similar synthetic hormone.
Anyone that lost weight especially with the drops did it because they ate fewer calories than they burned. The HCG acted as the placebo to help them lose the weight.
The only approved use for HCG is to increase fertility in both men and women.
Next year will mark 60 years since this fraudulent science was started.
I was at the pharmacy last week. I looked at the HCG drops and it says right on the box, "Does not contain any hormone but contains an amino acid similar to HCG"
I can't believe under current law they can still call it HCG Drops. This is a product sold 20' away from a board certified and licensed pharmacist!
The positive reviews you read are written by profiteers and converts.
Staunch supporters of the diet treat it almost like a religion. "If you will just believe…"
The mental process occurring here is called "cognitive relativism" where HCG users assert their paradigm beliefs to the point where they deny facts, lack of evidence, legality, and true expert opinion.
The doctors exploiting this benign hormone can't even agree on how it works. Some say it releases stored fat calories into the system. Others say it acts as an appetite suppressant.
Neither explanation justifies the weight loss in the individuals taking the oral drops with NO HCG in them that still lost weight.
By the way, insurance does not cover this since it is not FDA approved. What doctor wouldn't want to get an "all cash" practice going?
Check out these clips before going further. Just aired a few weeks ago.
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/weight-loss-controversy-hcg-diet-pt-1