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> homeopathic medicines for infants with potentially-lethal levels of belladonna > More commonly, homeopathic medicines for adults like ear and eyedrops end up

• Bartweiss 8y ago
  Homeopathic. I was shocked too. Hyland's homeopathic teething tablets contained belladonna, and the strength of different batches varied from placebo to lethal. Most homeopathy is literal water, but there's a section of the market offering low-dilution preparations ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:100. Given the "like treats like" logic, some of the active ingredients are sufficiently nasty to do real harm at 1:100 or lower. And given the exemption from batch-strength testing, some preparations are substantially stronger than intended. (As far as the ear drops, that seems to mostly be a matter of contamination or infection. Which is a secondary harm, but again one that can occur because those companies are exempt from many standard testing practices.) https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-confirms-elevated-levels-belladonna-certain-homeopathic-teething-products https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-conf... https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warns-homeopathic-firms-putting-patients-risk-significant-violations-manufacturing-quality https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warn...
  • shados 8y ago
    k, makes sense! There's so many people who think homeopathy and naturopathy is one and the same that I thought its what was happening here. Fascinating (and horrifying!) situation you describe, though!