I see your point.

I see your point. Government can be wasteful and inefficient. My point had more to do with the disconnect between regulating OTC/Rx medication pruduction and not regulating supplement pruduction. This tends to send the misleading message that supplements are different from meds — that they are not important/legitimate/powerful, do not have a purpose, and also aren’t dangerous.

Vitamin D isn’t necessarily the best example. One of the things I’ve learned with chronic migraine is that some supplements can be as effective as even the bext Rx meds.

One of them, called butterbur, can cut migraine days in half. This is better than some Rx preventatives (which can have unbelievable side effects). But the butterbur plant also has a series of chemical compounds called PAs that need to be filtered in preparation because they are hepatotoxic. This is expensive. Some companies reportedly cut corners, and it’s hard to know if you’re getting PAs until it’s too late. There is no FDA approval process for supplements whatsoever. So a lot of docs now don’t use butterbur.

I’m not a fan of extensive government regulation either, but I would like to be able to take butterbur and know that it is safe.