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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 951112" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Herbal remedies are very big business. The US laws in particular allow the sale of these products without anything like the testing that has to be done for something marketed as a drug (and even that as we know isn't an infallible indicator of long term problems) EU laws are a bit stricter particularly about claims <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-13215010" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/health-13215010</a></p><p>You can purchase Golden Seal in this form in the UK.<a href="http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/remedies/herbal-remedies/dried-herbs/7844.html#tab2" target="_blank">http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/remedies/herbal-remedies/dried-herbs/7844.html#tab2</a> It's one herb that contains berberine but if you contemplate it see also what Boots says <a href="http://www.webmd.boots.com/vitamins-and-minerals/goldenseal" target="_blank">http://www.webmd.boots.com/vitamins-and-minerals/goldenseal</a></p><p> Extracting it and putting it into high strength tablets though is surely processing.</p><p></p><p>Metformin is a drug based originally on a traditional herbal remedy and seems to be very safe and may have wider benefits than lowering glucose levels. However, there were other forms of this class of drug synthesised and at least one was more powerful than Met but proved to have serious side effects. In consequence Met wasn't allowed in the US until 1995 which was many years, after it started to be used in the UK and Europe. <a href="http://www.diapedia.org/management/biguanides" target="_blank">http://www.diapedia.org/management/biguanides</a></p><p> I would guess that the cost benefit to the pharmaceutical industry of developing Berberine just isn't there when Metformin is no longer patented and very cheap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 951112, member: 12578"] Herbal remedies are very big business. The US laws in particular allow the sale of these products without anything like the testing that has to be done for something marketed as a drug (and even that as we know isn't an infallible indicator of long term problems) EU laws are a bit stricter particularly about claims [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/health-13215010[/URL] You can purchase Golden Seal in this form in the UK.[URL]http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/remedies/herbal-remedies/dried-herbs/7844.html#tab2[/URL] It's one herb that contains berberine but if you contemplate it see also what Boots says [URL]http://www.webmd.boots.com/vitamins-and-minerals/goldenseal[/URL] Extracting it and putting it into high strength tablets though is surely processing. Metformin is a drug based originally on a traditional herbal remedy and seems to be very safe and may have wider benefits than lowering glucose levels. However, there were other forms of this class of drug synthesised and at least one was more powerful than Met but proved to have serious side effects. In consequence Met wasn't allowed in the US until 1995 which was many years, after it started to be used in the UK and Europe. [URL]http://www.diapedia.org/management/biguanides[/URL] I would guess that the cost benefit to the pharmaceutical industry of developing Berberine just isn't there when Metformin is no longer patented and very cheap. [/QUOTE]
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