Health On The Hill – Vitality Magazine feature:
Health On The Hill: Say Goodbye to Compounded Remedies in Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy —
Shawn Buckley’s latest column exposes Health Canada’s new compounding policy and the threat it poses to practitioners and patients who rely on custom natural remedies.
Key revelations in the article:
- Health Canada has no legal jurisdiction over compounding by practitioners. The NHP Regulations were written to protect this practice.
- The new policy invents conditions that do not exist in the law, effectively outlawing most compounding.
- Practitioners would be blocked if any similar licensed product is already on the market.
- New labelling, testing, and “palatable flavoured” rules would make compounding more onerous and open patient files to inspection.
- Single-herb remedies and simple preparations would no longer qualify, forcing unnecessary additions to formulas.
- Inspectors with no medical training would gain power to second-guess clinical decisions.
