In recent court filing , the Food and Drug Administration has asserted that stem turn cells — you know , the ones our body bring forth naturally — are in fact drugs and subject to its regulative oversight . So does that make me a control substance ?
The bizarre controversy revolves around the FDA ’s attempt to regulate the Centeno - Schultz Clinic in Colorado that performs a nonsurgical stem - cell therapy call Regenexx - C. It is designed to treat moderate to terrible joint , tendon , ligament , and bone nuisance using only adult stem prison cell . Doctors draw off your rakehell , gyrate it through a centrifuge , take out the stem cells and re - inject them into your damaged joints . It uses no other drug . No drugs means no FDA superintendence and that does not sit well with the administration .
The FDA has since argued that a ) fore jail cell are drugs and b ) they flow under FDA regulation because the clinic is engaging in interstate mercantilism . That ’s right , a procedure performed at the clinic using the patient ’s own bodily fluids constitutes interstate commercialism because , according to the administration , out - of - state patients using Regenexx - C would “ depress the market place for out - of - state drugs that are approve by FDA . ”
Funny , that voice less like the FDA protecting the health of the nation ’s citizens and more like the FDA defend its enforcement turf . The two parties have been at odds for over four age now , so we may have a while until we know if every American has in fact become a regulatable good subject to government regulation . [ ANH - USAviaSlash Gear ]
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