S1 Ep66: Don’t Be Duped: Misleading Marketing and the FDA

You grab a product off the shelf—maybe it promises to help with bladder control, take off ten pounds, erase wrinkles, or boost orgasms. You assume it will do what it claims to do because it’s got the FDA seal right there on the package. Most consumers have no idea that most over-the-counter products have not been tested to make sure product claims are legitimate.
In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses:




The history of the FDA
Why estrogen disappeared from face cream in 1962
The different FDA categories and what they mean
FDA Approved 
FDA Cleared 
FDA Listed 
FDA Registered 
What it takes to be FDA approved 
Why testosterone was never FDA-approved for women 
Loopholes that allow products to get an FDA label 



Other misleading labeling that is often used:
Doctor recommended 
Doctor tested 
Clinically proven



The difference between a marketing study and a scientific study 
The problem with class labeling



The FDA listing that demonstrates the loophole used by Intimate Rose Dilators https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRL/rl.cfm?lid=584142&lpcd=HDQ)

For more information on this topic: 

Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Episode 13: Post Menopause Skin- What! Why? And How to  Make it Better
Episode 33 A Walk Down the Feminine Hygiene Aisle
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 
Episode 64 Menopause Myths and Crazy Products- Live From ISSWSH


Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

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Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy