article_snippet.sent: These drugs do not go through the same level of scrutiny as over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
article_snippet.sent: But now your over-the-counter homeopathic remedies might soon face stricter scrutiny from the federal government.
article_snippet.sent: Products such as the homeopathic cold remedies Coldese and Zicam, among others, came under fire Monday from experts who testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing Monday.
article_snippet.sent: People who represent the industry, such as Mark Land, a member of the American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists, argue that the current FDA system is a good one and that the products available today are of high quality and label standards are enough.
article_snippet.sent: Most consumers, Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman said, don't know that the FDA doesn't "routinely review these products for identity, purity, potency, quality or stability prior to marketing.
article_snippet.sent: the FDA the FDA issued a warning to consumers about it in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: There is a misconception that all homeopathic products are "natural" according to the FDA "and therefore safe.
article_snippet.sent: Unfortunately, the FDA has become aware of significant safety issues associated with homeopathic products in recent years," according to an email from the agency.
article_snippet.sent: Larger doses of the substance can be toxic.
article_snippet.sent: In 2014, the FDA the FDA warned consumers about Pleo Homeopathic drug products having penicillin or derivatives of penicillin.
article_snippet.sent: Another expert asking for stricter standards with homeopathic medicine, Janine Jagger with the Familial Mediterranean Fever Foundation, said that there should be stricter label standards that better explained what was actually in the homeopathic product.
highlights_snippet.sent: The FDA may take a more hands-on approach to regulating homeopathic medicine .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It does not go through the same approval process as over-the-counter drugs .
  