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Subject:
Statin side effects
Category: Health > Medicine Asked by: jgoudreau-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
25 May 2004 10:31 PDT
Expires: 24 Jun 2004 10:31 PDT Question ID: 351731 |
Should red yeast rice be considered a statin? |
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Re: Statin side effects
From: pinkfreud-ga on 25 May 2004 14:28 PDT |
"The FDA and the dietary supplement industry have been debating for some time whether red yeast rice is a drug or a supplement. For a while the FDA banned imports of red yeast grain and powder, but in February 1999, a Federal District Court declared a red yeast rice product a dietary supplement and not a drug. The FDA is appealing this ruling... The basis of the FDA's complaint is that red yeast rice contains substances that are used as drugs, and that, because of the health risks associated with these drugs (liver and muscle tissue damage), red yeast rice should be regulated as a drug. In effect, the agency sees red yeast rice as a statin compound." http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Information/Health/Research/redrice.htm |
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