Offit on the offensive against Homeopathy

[Guest guest]

now Offit coming out against homeopathy - he needs to get a real

life

Sheri

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure: A. Offit, MD, has disclosed the following relevant

financial relationships:

Co-inventor: RotaTeq® vaccine

From Medscape Infectious Diseases > Offit on Vaccines

Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next?

A. Offit, MD

Posted: 01/11/2011

Hi. My name is Offit, and I am talking to you today from the

Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia in the Vaccine Education Center.

What I wanted to talk about started, at least for me, with an event a few

weeks ago. I was asked to speak at an Infectious Diseases Symposium in

New York City, and present at that symposium were about 750 pediatricians

and family practitioners (there to learn about common aspects of

pediatric infections; I was asked to speak about the science of

vaccines). In the other room were the exhibitors. One of the exhibitors

was selling a homeopathic medicine called oscillococcinum.

What is oscillococcinum? You take the liver and heart of a Barbary duck,

homogenize it, and dilute it 100-fold in water. Then you do another

serial 100 fold dilution 200 times, which means that when you're done,

there's not a single molecule of that Barbary duck's liver or heart left.

In fact, if you look at the volume of the universe, which is roughly 3 x

1080 cubic meters, it's more dilute than that.

So what is oscillococcinum? It's basically a gram of sugar, yet it's

being sold as something that helps flu-like symptoms, such as feeling run

down, chills, and fever, when clearly it is a placebo. What's interesting

is that the company was distributing literature showing how this was

better than placebo, which is amazing considering that it is

placebo.

Now you could argue that the advantage of something like oscilococcinum

is that it's not the cough-and-cold remedies which can really have side

effects and can be dangerous for children. But I think at the very least,

it's not fair to advertise something as having a physiologic or medical

effect when in fact, it's simply a gram of sugar.

The FDA could choose to do something about this. They could crack down

more on homeopathic medicines that are sold as drugs. This isn't

something that would be protected by the 1994 Dietary Supplement and

Health Education Act. At least to date, they've chosen not to do

that.

Thanks for your attention.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start December 2 & 3, 2010 and

January 6 & 7

[Guest guest]

now Offit coming out against homeopathy - he needs to get a real

life

Sheri

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure: A. Offit, MD, has disclosed the following relevant

financial relationships:

Co-inventor: RotaTeq® vaccine

From Medscape Infectious Diseases > Offit on Vaccines

Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next?

A. Offit, MD

Posted: 01/11/2011

Hi. My name is Offit, and I am talking to you today from the

Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia in the Vaccine Education Center.

What I wanted to talk about started, at least for me, with an event a few

weeks ago. I was asked to speak at an Infectious Diseases Symposium in

New York City, and present at that symposium were about 750 pediatricians

and family practitioners (there to learn about common aspects of

pediatric infections; I was asked to speak about the science of

vaccines). In the other room were the exhibitors. One of the exhibitors

was selling a homeopathic medicine called oscillococcinum.

What is oscillococcinum? You take the liver and heart of a Barbary duck,

homogenize it, and dilute it 100-fold in water. Then you do another

serial 100 fold dilution 200 times, which means that when you're done,

there's not a single molecule of that Barbary duck's liver or heart left.

In fact, if you look at the volume of the universe, which is roughly 3 x

1080 cubic meters, it's more dilute than that.

So what is oscillococcinum? It's basically a gram of sugar, yet it's

being sold as something that helps flu-like symptoms, such as feeling run

down, chills, and fever, when clearly it is a placebo. What's interesting

is that the company was distributing literature showing how this was

better than placebo, which is amazing considering that it is

placebo.

Now you could argue that the advantage of something like oscilococcinum

is that it's not the cough-and-cold remedies which can really have side

effects and can be dangerous for children. But I think at the very least,

it's not fair to advertise something as having a physiologic or medical

effect when in fact, it's simply a gram of sugar.

The FDA could choose to do something about this. They could crack down

more on homeopathic medicines that are sold as drugs. This isn't

something that would be protected by the 1994 Dietary Supplement and

Health Education Act. At least to date, they've chosen not to do

that.

Thanks for your attention.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start December 2 & 3, 2010 and

January 6 & 7

[Guest guest]

now Offit coming out against homeopathy - he needs to get a real

life

Sheri

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure: A. Offit, MD, has disclosed the following relevant

financial relationships:

Co-inventor: RotaTeq® vaccine

From Medscape Infectious Diseases > Offit on Vaccines

Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next?

A. Offit, MD

Posted: 01/11/2011

Hi. My name is Offit, and I am talking to you today from the

Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia in the Vaccine Education Center.

What I wanted to talk about started, at least for me, with an event a few

weeks ago. I was asked to speak at an Infectious Diseases Symposium in

New York City, and present at that symposium were about 750 pediatricians

and family practitioners (there to learn about common aspects of

pediatric infections; I was asked to speak about the science of

vaccines). In the other room were the exhibitors. One of the exhibitors

was selling a homeopathic medicine called oscillococcinum.

What is oscillococcinum? You take the liver and heart of a Barbary duck,

homogenize it, and dilute it 100-fold in water. Then you do another

serial 100 fold dilution 200 times, which means that when you're done,

there's not a single molecule of that Barbary duck's liver or heart left.

In fact, if you look at the volume of the universe, which is roughly 3 x

1080 cubic meters, it's more dilute than that.

So what is oscillococcinum? It's basically a gram of sugar, yet it's

being sold as something that helps flu-like symptoms, such as feeling run

down, chills, and fever, when clearly it is a placebo. What's interesting

is that the company was distributing literature showing how this was

better than placebo, which is amazing considering that it is

placebo.

Now you could argue that the advantage of something like oscilococcinum

is that it's not the cough-and-cold remedies which can really have side

effects and can be dangerous for children. But I think at the very least,

it's not fair to advertise something as having a physiologic or medical

effect when in fact, it's simply a gram of sugar.

The FDA could choose to do something about this. They could crack down

more on homeopathic medicines that are sold as drugs. This isn't

something that would be protected by the 1994 Dietary Supplement and

Health Education Act. At least to date, they've chosen not to do

that.

Thanks for your attention.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start December 2 & 3, 2010 and

January 6 & 7

[Guest guest]

now Offit coming out against homeopathy - he needs to get a real

life

Sheri

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Disclosure: A. Offit, MD, has disclosed the following relevant

financial relationships:

Co-inventor: RotaTeq® vaccine

From Medscape Infectious Diseases > Offit on Vaccines

Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next?

A. Offit, MD

Posted: 01/11/2011

Hi. My name is Offit, and I am talking to you today from the

Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia in the Vaccine Education Center.

What I wanted to talk about started, at least for me, with an event a few

weeks ago. I was asked to speak at an Infectious Diseases Symposium in

New York City, and present at that symposium were about 750 pediatricians

and family practitioners (there to learn about common aspects of

pediatric infections; I was asked to speak about the science of

vaccines). In the other room were the exhibitors. One of the exhibitors

was selling a homeopathic medicine called oscillococcinum.

What is oscillococcinum? You take the liver and heart of a Barbary duck,

homogenize it, and dilute it 100-fold in water. Then you do another

serial 100 fold dilution 200 times, which means that when you're done,

there's not a single molecule of that Barbary duck's liver or heart left.

In fact, if you look at the volume of the universe, which is roughly 3 x

1080 cubic meters, it's more dilute than that.

So what is oscillococcinum? It's basically a gram of sugar, yet it's

being sold as something that helps flu-like symptoms, such as feeling run

down, chills, and fever, when clearly it is a placebo. What's interesting

is that the company was distributing literature showing how this was

better than placebo, which is amazing considering that it is

placebo.

Now you could argue that the advantage of something like oscilococcinum

is that it's not the cough-and-cold remedies which can really have side

effects and can be dangerous for children. But I think at the very least,

it's not fair to advertise something as having a physiologic or medical

effect when in fact, it's simply a gram of sugar.

The FDA could choose to do something about this. They could crack down

more on homeopathic medicines that are sold as drugs. This isn't

something that would be protected by the 1994 Dietary Supplement and

Health Education Act. At least to date, they've chosen not to do

that.

Thanks for your attention.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start December 2 & 3, 2010 and

January 6 & 7

[Guest guest]

A gram of sugar. Even if that quantity was accurate, this threatens him? Good grief, don't you think if it didn't work, people wouldn't continue to buy it?

And he comments that cough and cold remedies are dangerous to children but never vaccines, oh, no. What a jerk.

Winnie Offit on the offensive against HomeopathyRecipient list suppressed: ;> now Offit coming out against homeopathy - he needs to get a real life> Sheri> > > usc:http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735358?src=mp & spon=17> Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University > of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Chief, > Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's > Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania> > Disclosure: A. Offit, MD, has disclosed the > following relevant financial relationships:> Co-inventor: RotaTeq® vaccine> From Medscape Infectious Diseases > Offit on Vaccines> Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next?> A. Offit, MD> Posted: 01/11/2011> > Hi. My name is Offit, and I am talking to > you today from the Division of Infectious > Diseases at the Children's Hospital of > Philadelphia in the Vaccine Education Center.> What I wanted to talk about started, at least for > me, with an event a few weeks ago. I was asked to > speak at an Infectious Diseases Symposium in New > York City, and present at that symposium were > about 750 pediatricians and family practitioners > (there to learn about common aspects of pediatric > infections; I was asked to speak about the > science of vaccines). In the other room were the > exhibitors. One of the exhibitors was selling a > homeopathic medicine called oscillococcinum.> What is oscillococcinum? You take the liver and > heart of a Barbary duck, homogenize it, and > dilute it 100-fold in water. Then you do another > serial 100 fold dilution 200 times, which means > that when you're done, there's not a single > molecule of that Barbary duck's liver or heart > left. In fact, if you look at the volume of the > universe, which is roughly 3 x 1080 cubic meters, it's more > dilute than that.> So what is oscillococcinum? It's basically a gram > of sugar, yet it's being sold as something that > helps flu-like symptoms, such as feeling run > down, chills, and fever, when clearly it is a > placebo. What's interesting is that the company > was distributing literature showing how this was > better than placebo, which is amazing considering that it is placebo.> Now you could argue that the advantage of > something like oscilococcinum is that it's not > the cough-and-cold remedies which can really have > side effects and can be dangerous for children. > But I think at the very least, it's not fair to > advertise something as having a physiologic or > medical effect when in fact, it's simply a gram of sugar.> The FDA could choose to do something about this. > They could crack down more on homeopathic > medicines that are sold as drugs. This isn't > something that would be protected by the 1994 > Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act. At > least to date, they've chosen not to do that.> Thanks for your attention.> > > > > > > Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath> Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA> Vaccines - > http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ > Homeopathy http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com> Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & > Homeopathy Online/email courses - next classes > start December 2 & 3, 2010 and January 6 & 7>