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by chrisrxth
3844 days ago
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We chose L-Theanine because it has an excellent safety record, is well studied, and has no known toxic dose. We are very aware of safety and ethics. There are many nootropics and supplement companies safely distributing the same L-Theanine. While we work through our protocol we will continue to dive into ethics and safety. |
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What matters is that you have a clear and transparent ethics approval process, that you clearly state the steps your protocol had been through, and preferably that you submit your protocol to a human ethics review board, and identify that process openly and transparently.
It sounds like you have already developed your protocol, since you are offering your product for sale shipping from the start of this month. So have you written an ethics proposal? Have you considered submitting it to a HERC? Or are you 'continuing to dive into ethics and safety' now that you have been 'reminded of the importance' of it?
Don't get me wrong, I think your idea and platform is potentially great. But it really seems that you haven't thought about this, and now you're trying to scramble?
If you don't have a science background and aren't partnering with anyone who is, I'd be more than happy to lend my 2c outside of this thread (see profile). Otherwise, I wish you every success with a full and detailed examination of your ethics approach. Medical research (which you are conducting by calling your product an experiment) has a poor history when it comes to blurring the lines between researcher and pharmaceutical company/monetisation, of which you could be said to be doing both at the moment.