United States Use
EPD was available in the United States until 2001, when the Food and Drug Administration revoked approval for an investigative study which it had previously sanctioned which had allowed EPD to be imported into the USA without being licensed. The reason given for revoking approval was that complex mixtures of allergens used in EPD treatments were not allowed under FDA rules. Since then the FDA has banned importation of EPD for the following reasons:-.
- EPD is not licensed.
- the labeling of the medicine does not contain adequate directions for use. (EPD is only supplied to doctors who have been through a one week training course, and instructions supplied with the medicine would not be adequate)
A related treatment, Low Dose Allergens (LDA), has been developed in the US by Dr. Shrader, which, being a compounding rather than a drug, is not regulated by the FDA, and uses a different allergen mix for the US environment.
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