FDA Warns Companies: Stop Selling False Cancer Cures

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on companies suspected of selling tablets, teas, tonics, creams, and other products that claim to cure or prevent cancer without supporting medical evidence.

The FDA has labeled as “bogus” remedies such as bloodroot, Cat’s Claw, shark cartilage, coral calcium and various types of mushrooms. The products are sold under various names on the internet and can in fact be more harmful than helpful to patients, health officials said.

The FDA sent warning letters to 23 United States companies, one Canadian firm and one from Australia, who collectively market 125 products not approved by the FDA and claiming to cure, treat or prevent cancer. The FDA deemed the manufacturers’ claims “unproven, unreliable” and “unkind to the patient who is seeking help.”

FDA officials said they are concerned that patients might pass up medically proven treatments for the unproven remedies, which could interfere with and counteract other accepted treatments and medications.

Companies that ignore the FDA warning and continue to market bogus cancer remedies face having their products seized, injunctions imposed and, in some cases, criminal charges, according to the FDA.

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