Comments on: Put 5 megatons in your mouth!

By: Eddie Garrison

Eddie Garrison — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:21:10 +0000

Can you provide me with some more information on this? Thanks – Chuck

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the good old days » Blog Archive » Happy Tunguska Event Day! — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:43:45 +0000

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By: wb

wb — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:03:43 +0000

Surely I’m not the only one who noted the extremely phallic nature of the bottle design? Is this a case where men don’t see the obvious, but women do? Really, at first I thought this was a marital aid.

By: Bodi Thung

Bodi Thung — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:47:07 +0000

At least they have the disclaimer notice.
I have grown tired and cynical, no longer haranguing pharmacists about selling “magnetic therapy bracelets” or homeopathic “medicine” water.
The worst I’ve seen are several similar products with infomercials that tout their “FDA Approved” junk. These are all ridiculously complex and expensive topical heat applicators. The FDA approval (if you tape the ad and freeze on the fine print when they’re telling us how the miracle strobe-o’-comfort pulsationizing super thermo infra-caloric ultra cure mark III is fully FDA certified to eliminate pain you can see the FDA reference number) you find that the FDA accepts that applying warmth to a sore muscle feels good. That’s it. A sit in the sun, a hot water bottle, a warm hug… all FDA approved! ALso FDA approved: a $500.00 piece of junk with a LOT of flashing red LEDs and a few IR LEDs to actually provide some local warming.

By: SourBlaze

SourBlaze — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:45:56 +0000

This is a winner. Hands-down.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:17:23 +0000

Re: Kinoki Foot Pads

I actually just did a search for “kinoki” at the FDA web site and discovered that their Office of Regulatory Affairs has entered it into their import database with a refusal reason of “Unapproved” on March 20, 2008. (http://www.fda.gov/ora/oasis/3/ora_oasis_i_89.html)

For more information on what this means, take a look at this link:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/oasis/ora_oasis_ref_intro.html

It looks like my complaint actually worked!

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:56:00 +0000

@dragonet2

I posted about Kinoki Foot Pads above. I recommend reporting them to the FDA each time you see one of their commercials. Keep track of the time and channel you see them so you can pass that info on to the FDA. If enough people report them, perhaps the FDA will actually take action. It’s a long shot, since the things likely have no direct risks for the user, but I think it’s better than just hitting the mute button.