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Issue 8All contents copyrighted (c)1992 by NEWSoure
The ddC Saga
by Matt Earnest"In January 1992, the [FDA] received
reports that the amounts of ddC contained in
some capsules of the underground product were
far higher or lower than labelled. In response to
these reports, FDA undertook to do its own
analysis of the product, collected samples from
various buyers clubs and had its laboratories
analyze these samples."
"FDA's analysis confirmed wide variations
among the individual samples of tested
underground ddC. Some individual capsules
were shown to contain no ddC at all, while others
contained more than twice the labelled amount."
"In view of these concerns, FDA has
notified buyers clubs that underground ddC poses
an unacceptable risk to public health, that sales
and distribution of the product should cease
immediately, and that they should inform their
clientele about the potential problems associated
with these products."
These excerpts from an FDA Talk Paper
will perhaps explain why the buyers clubs have
been so cryptic recently about the availability of
ddC. A second letter goes on to document the
FDA tests, which found anywhere from 0% to
230% ddC in certain capsules.in addition to testing individual capsules,
the FDA scientists emptied capsules, combined
and weighed them, and conducted chemical tests
on these composites. They found a variation
from 53% of expected dose to 118.4% of
expected dose.
Not very encouraging, this. But an inside
source tells us that the buyers clubs are working
together to test several shipments now en route
to them. The club directors apparently agreed to
test the product twice in two different facilities to
guarantee safety and dosage.
Further questions? Please call Dr.
Randolph F. Wykoff at the FDA Office of AIDS
Coordination: (301) 443-0104.
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