Comments on: Form of Vitamin B6 Declared a Drug by FDA

By: ba

ba — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:34:31 +0000

I grew up the 1960s, the kind of kid that read content labels, such as they had them, on items for sale in the pharmacy and grocery store. Some multivitamin bottles’ labels, back then, clearly stated after the vitamin B6 in parentheses, (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine). This was a quarter century plus before 1994 and DSHEA.

I think the lawyers and/or management for Biostratum and the FDA must be unusually uninformed or liars and frauds. We need penal oversight of the FDA, perhaps like the Chinese, who even executed their top FDA official for corruption that involved dozens of innocents deaths.

By: Oscar C

Oscar C — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:43:09 +0000

Big money can apparently hijack control of any substance with the help of their buddies in the FDA. We need to call this for what it is: treachery against the American public by Biostratum as a whole, the company’s administrators and lobbyists. The people of a nation that allow legalized bribery of public officials will be nothing more than cattle to those with money and power. Take a good look at the “contributions” given to our politicians by drug companies and other special interests.
Despite the devastation of the sick drug war, some lines should be drawn. Anyone who compares b-6 to amphetamines or codeine is either stupid or stands to profit from such a declaration. Last I checked, amphetamines and opiates are not vital nutrients and are not present in the foods we eat. No one microwaves their baby after staying up for 10 days on b-6 getting high. I seriously doubt very many people rob and kill to support their vitamin habits.

By: zotrim

zotrim — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:49 +0000

Thank you for your help!.

By: Clark Valentine

Clark Valentine — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:26:01 +0000

The mindset prevalent at the FDA is revealed by the following:

They refer to the general public as “the laity”.

In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, it is religious. There is the “clergy”,
and there is everyone else — the “laity”.

FDA thinks of themselves as high priests of medicine!

The more you know about the stuff they’ve pulled over the years, the more this mindset explains nearly everything.

What’s that percentage of health care costs that are incurred in the last days and hours of life risen to now?

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:14:51 +0000

Whatever the actual outcome is, I know for sure that Pyridoxamine is still being sold openly on the internet by reputable vitamin companies. I know that there is now a prescription-based fish oil product that is used by hospitals since they prefer overpriced prescription products to quality OTC products. BioStratum need not be greedy; they will make plenty of money through the normal hospital/physician channels, and the informed consumer will find it on the shelf and purchase it that way. I guess it’s a win-win for everyone as long as the FDA stays out it.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:23:27 +0000

I called the FDA at 1-301-796-3400 and they said they were not sure if a ruling had been made on Pyridoxamine or not. They are checking on this for me.

They did say BioStratum first listed they were using Pyridoxamine in investigational drugs back in 1999, so it is only fair to protect the financial investment of the drug company, even if Pyridoxamine occurs naturally–meaning it’s not a synthetic drug.

By: Adaire Cain

Adaire Cain — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:37:31 +0000

As an integral part of vitamin B6,pyridoxamine has been taken as a supplement for as long as the B6 it was a component of. The body no doubt cleaved this faction as needed.
This is a very disturbing president and one that needs to be stopped before it snowballs.

By: buraianto

buraianto — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:21:54 +0000

Personally I believe I should have the right to read up on a product and determine whether or not I should take it. I am an adult so I can read the pros vs. the cons and then make my own decisions. It’s my body.

So, you are in favor of allowing people to take drugs that are currently illegal, or legal only with prescription, such as heroin and methamphetamines?

Also, do you have a link to the actual FDA ruling (if that is the correct term)?

By: ----

---- — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:22:48 +0000

I believe the biggest issue in this particular case is pyridoxamine was declared a drug by the FDA because they were looking out for the financial interest of a drug company.

People have the illusion the FDA is here to protect people, but their loyalty is to the drug companies who happen to staff their advisory board.

It would be interesting to see how many “gifts” pass over as well.

Personally I believe I should have the right to read up on a product and determine whether or not I should take it. I am an adult so I can read the pros vs. the cons and then make my own decisions. It’s my body.

Are the people of the United States going to let the FDA dictate what supplements they can and can’t take on behalf of drug companies?

The only things that bothers me are the “Proprietary Blend” BS so you can’t tell what’s actually in a product, and where the ingredients come from.

It could be corn starch for all we know. That’s the only thing I think needs to be reformed. As citizens, we can boycott products that use this type of deceptive labeling.

I would like to see a web page for each product that lists what country the ingredients come from, so we could try to avoid ingredients from China for example, or if there was a tainted ingredient on the market, you could see if the product you’re using was likely contaminated.

By: buraianto

buraianto — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:59:19 +0000

When is a substance considered “natural” and when is it considered “not natural”? Is a “natural” supplement not a drug, and a “not natural” supplement a drug?

Is vitamin C (just about any candy, and some fruits ;o) ) a drug or a natural supplement or both? (It’s a flavoring!)

Is Resveratrol (grapes) a drug or a natural supplement or both?

Are ginkgolides (ginkgo biloba) drugs or natural supplements or both?

Is hyperforin (St. John’s Wort) a drug or a natural supplement or both?

Is tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis) a drug or a natural supplement or both?

Are morphine and codeine (poppy) drugs or natural supplements or both?

Do you draw a line somewhere? If so, what criteria do you use to determine which side of your line a chemical is on? Maybe you determine based on whether the chemical is a vitamin or not?

Or do you not draw a line?