Except in this case a special formulation of resveratrol is a drug, will go through FDA testing and Glaxo will make money.I am by no means a doctor but I have been reading how some think high doses might do more harm then good. I just have to say that even with regular medicine prescribed by a doctor comes with risk. The thing about regular prescriptions is that they are approved by the FDA but the medicine is use to treat not cure. Even if something natural was proven to be a cure for a disease the FDA would not a approve it because there would be no money in it. The sad proof is that they dont want to cure any diseases because the drug companies would be out of business and the FDA cash cow would be gone.
Issue I have with resveratrol isn't necessarily just safety, although all those joint pain forum posts do give me pause. But... maybe wait until we find out if it actually does something beneficial in people first?
Edited by nameless, 13 May 2009 - 04:49 PM.