Re: A Bit Political was: So much for Bio-'equivalent'...

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Chuck,

From the FDA's Orange Book, current as of October 31, 2008, it appears

that this is still the case with many dosages...to be assured of

consistent potencies from one dosage to another, a patient could very

well have to switch manufacturers to actually find another dosage that

has also achieved Reference Listed Drug (RLD) status.

I understand the non-patent stuff you are talking about (IMO, this

leaves us depending on resources such as the FDAs Orange Book, as

patients...'let the consumer beware'...I'm even aware of the

International controversy surrounding patentable vs. non-patentable

issues regarding Synthetic Bioloy...see...

http://syntheticbiology.org/

There are a lot more things I am also aware of...some might even call

'conspiracy theory stuff', but I accidentally stumbled on the minutes

from meetings of an organization that is working on the 'World

Constitution'...I even read that World Constitution, in all of its

revised stages...many revisions corresponding to the minutes, which

discussed the implementation of items from previous versions of that

constitution...and I didn't like much of what I read, especially when

those plans infringe on our civil liberties...and more disturbing

probably than anything else about synthetic T4/T3 (if I hadn't already

switched to Armour and had so much improvement--even though I'm not

good, I'm still much better than I was on synthetic, whether I fully

understand why or not) is that Synthetic Drugs, GMOs, etc. are all

discussed in this 'World Constitution' and minutes as part of the

overall plan of a one world government...as an American, I do not

support this concept at all! And here all I was doing was searching

for materials that I could use to work with a group of teens to study

the U.S. Constitution... :-(

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> > ...So it would seem to me, that as consumers, we would have to

check on

> > the 'bio-equivalence' status of the medication we were being given,

> > every time there was a change in our prescription...

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> In principle, your concern is well justified, and in the not too

distant past, different formulations of T4 did have different

potencies. However, for a drug to be classed as a " generic " for

Synthroid, it must be matched more precisely for bioequivalence. The

term " generic, " incidentally, is a misnomer, since Synthroid was never

patented or patentable.

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> Chuck

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