OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of 'natural health products' such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change.
OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of"natural health products" such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change.
It was named after 15-year-old Vanessa Young, the daughter of a Conservative member of Parliament, who died in 2000 after her heart rate had been affected by medication that was prescribed by her doctor. "The industry and the association were both caught off guard when we saw that included in the budget."
The decision to include natural products hasn't been properly studied or debated, Skelton said, and has instead been tucked into an omnibus budget bill. "We have no recourse," said Katharina Kovacs Burns, co-chair of the volunteer patient-advocacy organization.
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