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Tomorrow will be one of the darkest days ever in the history of New Zealand. As the frauds did not stop with their crimes, the regulators now allow them to go on in full scale. What will come next? Handing out guns and knives for committing suicide?


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Newsroom
MARCH 9, 2018
Updated MARCH 9, 2018
Farah Hancock

New code of ethics makes way for homeopathy

A new pharmacy code of ethics will clear the way for pharmacies to sell homeopathic products.

The Pharmacy Council’s previous code required that credible evidence of efficacy exist for any products sold at pharmacies, however, this rule was often ignored by pharmacists.

The new code, which comes into effect March 12, does not require credible evidence for what it refers to as complementary and alternative medicines, but does require pharmacy staff tell customers if a product lacks scientific evidence of efficacy.
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The Code of Ethics 2018 update came after consumer advocacy group, the Society for Science Based Healthcare (SSBHC), complained when they discovered homeopathic products were being sold in pharmacies in an apparent breach of the industry’s own code of ethics.
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“The real issue here is you can have what is a regulated medicine, say for example omeprazole [a medicine for heartburn] sitting on the shelf next to shark oil. What happens is the presence of the omeprazole gives legitimacy to the shark oil.
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