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SAVE NUTRITIONAL COMPOUNDS IN CALIFORNIA
Compounding Pharmacy Restictions in California
California is the first state to effectively ban a number of nutritional compounded products. Compounding pharmacies have been safely producing valuable nutritional compounds well over a century. Despite of California having the strictest safety screening processes for compounding pharmacies in the country, most nutritional sterile medicines are no longer able to be produced locally. Part of the state's safety regulations for importing make it financially unfeasible for most out-of-state compounding pharmacies to import into California. The Golden State has become a virtual island in the field of nutritional sterile compounds.
Something as ordinary as a vitamin B-12 shot is on the chopping block and may become illegal. Glutathione, glucosamine, MSM and many other nutritional sterile compounds are no longer allowed to be produced in California. These compounds are used to minimize the side effects of chemotherapy, help reduce the symptoms of drug and alcohol addiction, diminish the effects of diabetes, lessen the symptoms of Parkinson's, assist brain injury repair, relieve chronic pain and fatigue, slow mental decline, improve recovery from illnesses and general health, just to name a few.
These regulations interfere with a doctor’s ability to provide quality medical care. Without access to certain medications your doctor is left scrambling to find an alternate, inferior medication. Someone you know may be affected by these regulatory changes or you may one day find yourself in need of compounds that are no longer available. When faced with health challenges, having a wide range of safe medicines available is imperative. Loosing that freedom is quite unfortunate, for once a freedom is taken away it is very difficult to get it back.
In light of the coronavirus pandemic in the US,, discontinuation of sterile compounded products puts vulnerable people at higher risk than ever before. Many of the products in question help fight viral infections like COVID-19. The availability of these sterile compounds is vital at this precarious time. There is no conventional treatment for COVID-19, only palliative care. Many of the now unavailable sterile compounded products enhance immunity and support the integrity of RNA (which is where COVID-19 attacks and damages the body). We need all resources available to fight the coronavirus.
Eliminating vital sterile compounds in these times is not only dangerous and detrimental to to those who rely on nutritional medicine for health care but also detrimental to each person who becomes affected by this pandemic. Everyone should have the option to this safe treatment which can enhance the ability to fully recover.
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What are Sterile Compounds?
Sterile compounds are used as injection or intravenously. They are better and more quickly utilized by the body because they are not digested. Nutritional sterile compounds are often used by the elderly or seriously ill.
California has already stopped productions on a number of sterile compounds. They include Glutathione and Alpha Lipoic Acid (update alpha lipoic acid is under production again). Other compounds that are banned from production are MSM - helpful for joints and detoxification, Curcumin - an anti-inflammatory without side effects, Glucosamine - for osteoarthritis, Hydrogen Peroxide - for viral, bacterial, fungal infections and COPD, Acetyl-L-Carnitine - for heart disease, improve the immune system, side effects of certain medications,
Glutathione
Glutathione is a supplement which can be used for treatment in male infertility (intramuscular use), chronic fatigue, plaque deposits in the arteries (atherosclerosis [intravenous, oral use]), cancers, chemotherapy adjunct (intramuscular, intravenous use), immunostimulant, liver diseases, lung diseases (inhaled use), memory loss, and Parkinson's disease (intravenous, oral use).
Glutathione is possibly effective for chemotherapy toxicity.
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a fatty acid that is made in the body but who's production diminishes with age or illness. It can be used for treatment in diabetic nerve pain, liver diseases, central nervous systems diseases, brain injuries, Alzheimers, lowering blood sugar, chelation of heavy metals, drug toxicty, wound management, improving skin discoloration caused by vitiligo, glaucoma, decreases complications of coronary artery bypass graft surgery, chronic inflammation, viral infection, cancer and as a chemotherapy adjunct.
Methylcobalamin B-12
Methylcobalamin is helpful for a variety of conditions. It promotes brain function, can help with pain, vision, and sleep, mitigates the risk of birth defects, and there is research suggesting B12 can help with depression, Alzheimer’s, and autism.
Further, most commercially available B12 comes in two forms (although there are in fact a total of five forms of B12). Cyanocobalamin is the most popular because it is cheap to produce and has a longer shelf life. Once taken, cyanocobalamin needs to be converted into an active form of the vitamin, methylcobalamin or adenosylcobalamin. The problem is that some patients with the MTHFR mutation (approximately 30% of the population) cannot properly perform this conversion, so they must take methylcobalamin, which is why many integrative doctors prefer methylcobalamin supplementation. (Note that cyanocobalamin shots are still available in California with a doctor’s prescription and are not threatened by the proposal being discussed in this article.)