After examining the information which had been submitted, the Council requested the manufacturer to supply:
1. Information as to the character (identity) of the several ingredients contained in the preparation that it marketed, the amount of each ingredient so far as known and the method used for their control.
2. Evidence that the administration of “Lipoidal Substances” is of value in the treatment of drug addiction.
3. Evidence for the claims that the “researches” of Horovitz have proved that “in patients suffering from narcotic addiction disease there is an inactivity of the lymph-glands ... and the system is not supplied with the necessary fats” and that “lipoidal content of the cerebro-spinal system varies in strict accordance with the pathological processes introduced by infection or by alkaloids” and that “the lipoids of various other organs as well as those of the nervous system, may be extracted and consumed by the administration of narcotic alkaloids.”
The Horovitz Biochemic Laboratories replied that the requested information would be supplied in about two weeks. At the expiration of three months the promised information and evidence had not been received; neither had any reports to show the value of the treatment come to the attention of the Council. The Council, accordingly, declared “Lipoidal Substances” (Horovitz Biochemic Laboratories) inadmissible to New and Nonofficial Remedies because the composition is essentially secret and because the curative claims are unsubstantiated and unwarranted.—(From The Journal A. M. A., Feb. 25, 1922.)
YEAST PREPARATIONS AND VITAMIN B CONCENTRATES
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
The Council has adopted the following principles as a guide in the consideration of yeast preparations and vitamin B concentrates for New and Nonofficial Remedies.