PCAC: Preserve Transdermal and Other Natural Medicines

The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) has announced its next meeting, where it will make recommendations on whether any of five specific substances will be allowed. The likelihood of their recommendation not being followed is remote.

The five substances being reviewed are diindolylmethane (DIM), trichloroacetic acid, kojic acid, glycolic acid, and vasoactive intestinal peptide.

DIM is especially important. It is a naturally occurring compound found in Brassica vegetables like Brussels sprouts, cabbage, mustard greens, and kale, and has anti-cancer and immune-modulating properties. DIM can prevent hormone-related cancers, including breast and prostate cancer. It works, in part, by altering ratios of “good” and “bad” estrogen—reversing the effect, for example, of dihydrotestosterone, which is associated with prostate cancer.

Write to PCAC and tell them to maintain consumer access to these important medicines!

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Please preserve access to important natural medicines

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I'm writing because I am concerned about the future of important natural medicines that your committee will be reviewing. If you vote to restrict these medicines, many patients will lose access to important medicines, and many pharmacies will likely go out of business.

The committee is considering whether to include certain substances on the 503A Bulk Drug List. Diindolylmethane (DIM) is especially important. It is a naturally occurring compound found in Brassica vegetables like Brussels sprouts, cabbage, mustard greens, and kale, and has anti-cancer and immune-modulating properties. DIM can prevent hormone-related cancers, including breast and prostate cancer. It works, in part, by altering ratios of "good" and "bad" estrogen--reversing the effect, for example, of dihydrotestosterone, which is associated with prostate cancer.

It is critical that consumers maintain access to customized DIM medications. We can get DIM from cruciferous vegetables, but eating the amount of these vegetables required to get therapeutic levels of DIM day in and day out can be daunting. Moreover, an excessive consumption of cruciferous vegetables can negatively affect thyroid function.

I urge the committee to maintain access to these safe, natural medicines.

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