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S1 Ep66: Don’t Be Duped: Misleading Marketing and the FDA
FromDr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast
S1 Ep66: Don’t Be Duped: Misleading Marketing and the FDA
FromDr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
You grab a product off the shelf—maybe it promises to help with bladder control, take off ten pounds, erase wrinkles, or boost orgasms. You assume it will do what it claims to do because it’s got the FDA seal right there on the package. Most consumers have no idea that most over-the-counter products have not been tested to make sure product claims are legitimate.
In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses:
The history of the FDA
Why estrogen disappeared from face cream in 1962
The different FDA categories and what they mean
FDA Approved
FDA Cleared
FDA Listed
FDA Registered
What it takes to be FDA approved
Why testosterone was never FDA-approved for women
Loopholes that allow products to get an FDA label
Other misleading labeling that is often used:
Doctor recommended
Doctor tested
Clinically proven
The difference between a marketing study and a scientific study
The problem with class labeling
The FDA listing that demonstrates the loophole used by Intimate Rose Dilators https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRL/rl.cfm?lid=584142&lpcd=HDQ)
For more information on this topic:
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Episode 13: Post Menopause Skin- What! Why? And How to Make it Better
Episode 33 A Walk Down the Feminine Hygiene Aisle
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Episode 64 Menopause Myths and Crazy Products- Live From ISSWSH
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses:
The history of the FDA
Why estrogen disappeared from face cream in 1962
The different FDA categories and what they mean
FDA Approved
FDA Cleared
FDA Listed
FDA Registered
What it takes to be FDA approved
Why testosterone was never FDA-approved for women
Loopholes that allow products to get an FDA label
Other misleading labeling that is often used:
Doctor recommended
Doctor tested
Clinically proven
The difference between a marketing study and a scientific study
The problem with class labeling
The FDA listing that demonstrates the loophole used by Intimate Rose Dilators https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRL/rl.cfm?lid=584142&lpcd=HDQ)
For more information on this topic:
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Episode 13: Post Menopause Skin- What! Why? And How to Make it Better
Episode 33 A Walk Down the Feminine Hygiene Aisle
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Episode 64 Menopause Myths and Crazy Products- Live From ISSWSH
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Released:
Mar 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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