[crazygringo]

I'd certainly never noticed anything homoepathic before at CVS (and all the real medicine is still there) and so was inclined to dismiss it, but just did a quick search for "cold medicine":

https://www.cvs.com/search/?cp=%5B%7B"key"%3A"source"%2C"val...

I am actually rather shocked to see that 3 of the first 20 items listed (Zicam, Cold-eeze, CVS Non-drowsy cold remedy) do indeed say "homeopathic" on the front label.

But 3 out of 20 is certainly not "flooded" or "nearly every item". And those 3 are just lozenges, where the main action is the sugar that coats your throat anyways, so I don't see any evidence it's trying to trick people from buying actual medicine.

But still, I wasn't aware "homeopathic" products were sold at legitimate drugstores at all, and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

[thaumaturgy]

CVS (and others) have sold homeopathic asthma rescue inhalers for quite a while. They appeared on the shelves immediately after Primatine Mist became unavailable. This is infuriating because asthma rescue inhalers are one of those "do not fuck with" things and a chain of multiple morons thought it would be okay to sell aerosolized water in place of actual medication.

I get a little wound up on a number of topics, but this is one where, if I had the opportunity, I'd gleefully kick square in the goolies every single person involved in putting that product on the shelf. And I'd buy a pair of steel-toed boots first.

[crazygringo]

Holy crap.

How is that legal? Is there no law by which they could be sued for misleading representation of a life-saving medical product or something?

It seems like such a no-brainer of a law. Serious question: why is this the first I'm hearing about it? I've literally never seen an article about this in any newspaper and I read a lot of news. And this is exactly the kind of stuff that journalists tend to discover and expose.

Where is the outrage, and how is this still being permitted?

[colejohnson66]

The FDA was bought off by a big homeopath company a while ago from what I heard. However, recently, they’ve began cracking down on false claims through the FTC.

As for the outrage: it’s because it’s too common; you don’t want to alienate a large portion of your viewer base by “exposing” homeopathic remedies