FDA Touches Constitutional Nerve In Warning On Mixing Supplements, Drugs – NPA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NPA says a suggestion in an FDA Consumer Update that some supplements should warn about their use with certain drugs points to the agency’s compelling use of labeling language without supporting evidence. The suggestion is “irresponsible in the absence of material fact to compel” a warning, NPA says.
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