CVS, Walgreens Among Companies Flagged by FDA for Selling Sketchy Products

https://gizmodo.com/fda-cvs-walgreens-selling-sketchy-eye-drop-products-1850834761

by RadixDLT • 3 years ago

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surge• 3 years ago

I've purchased the Similasan products before when I was dealing with dry eye/eye strain issues, and they are bunk. Mostly saline and some homeopathic BS. That said saline "helped" and they usually labeled it as "relief" not a cure or treatment so I knew it wasn't anything more at best than a symptom reliever. That said I never bought them again as they didn't do anything more than plain saline drops.

cvccvroomvroom• 3 years ago

Both companies sells scam products like CBD creams and 90% of cosmetics.

BostonEnginerd• 3 years ago

I was in a CVS a few years ago where they were selling a tincture which was supposed to help children stop wetting the bed. It contained mercury. I’m not sure how they could legally sell that.

NoZebra120vClip3• 3 years ago

So I was idly browsing shelves at CVS one night, the CVS nearest the university, I should say.

I found a few vaginal suppositories up on a shelf, god what was I doing in that aisle?

One caught my eye, branded Loyalty, so I plucked it off the shelf and turned it around to find its main ingredient is boric acid.

BenjiWiebe• 3 years ago

Wikipedia mentions that is one of the medical uses of boric acid.

NoZebra120vClip3• 3 years ago

First, I didn't say what the use is, and secondly, you're describing a much different preparation than the one in the box I found.

BugsJustFindMe2• 3 years ago

its main ingredient is boric acid

So? I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.

NoZebra120vClip3• 3 years ago

A few years ago, bugs were just finding me at home, and so I went to the hardware store and purchased some heavy-duty roach poison. It's a white powder; active ingredient: boric acid. I was informed of its toxicity and the need to avoid inhaling it, where it would, you know, damage my mucous membranes.

CVS, Walgreens Among Companies Flagged by FDA for Selling Sketchy Products

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