MaeveoSliabh
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OK folks. As some of you know I've started school to become a massage therapist. In our class for the state laws, it was pointed out that the ever-so-wonderful Food and Drug Administration is trying to pass a national law that would essentially require a prescription from a patient's doctor to allow a massage therapist to use any type of lotion, creme, or oil while giving a massage.
What does this mean to you? That means that if you want to go get a massage, and if you want the person giving that massage to use any sort of lubricant so the skin of their hands glides over your back instead of sticks to your skin, you'll have to go to your doctor first, get them to write a prescription for lotion, and pay their fees BEFORE going to get that massage.
It means no more luxurious spa type massage treatments while on vacation - unless you go to your doctor and get a scrip for oils first.
They're doing this because a few rather unintelligent beings decided that using an aspercreme/Icy Hot/warming lotion type lubricant all over the body would be a good idea. It's not. Those types of cremes are meant to be used on a limited area, in a small dose. Anything more than that can cause overstimulation and can result in medical problems. They're doing this because in many areas a massage therapist can sell massage supplies - including the heating and cooling lotions - and some people lack the intelligence to use these products in moderation in their own homes, which can result in medical problems.
They're trying to regulate lotion after putting many drugs that are taken internally on the shelves. Drugs that run risks if you take too many. Drugs that are more powerful than just oil. Things like Claritin or Aleve that required a prescription up until recently.
Please help me out here. Help all of us that rely on massage for a living - everybody from people in spas and salons to those that travel with sports teams to those that work with physical therapists to those working on cruise lines to... well, you get the idea.
Contact the FDA by the end of this month - that's the 30th - and let them know that it's a bad idea to be doing this. Let them know that we, as a society, aren't too thrilled at the whole idea of trying to regulate something as benign as lotion. The information to get ahold of them is here: http://www.fda.gov/comments.html
Thank you.
eta: I found the document itself, or at least the draft for it. It can be found here: http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98...480-gld0001.pdf
What does this mean to you? That means that if you want to go get a massage, and if you want the person giving that massage to use any sort of lubricant so the skin of their hands glides over your back instead of sticks to your skin, you'll have to go to your doctor first, get them to write a prescription for lotion, and pay their fees BEFORE going to get that massage.
It means no more luxurious spa type massage treatments while on vacation - unless you go to your doctor and get a scrip for oils first.
They're doing this because a few rather unintelligent beings decided that using an aspercreme/Icy Hot/warming lotion type lubricant all over the body would be a good idea. It's not. Those types of cremes are meant to be used on a limited area, in a small dose. Anything more than that can cause overstimulation and can result in medical problems. They're doing this because in many areas a massage therapist can sell massage supplies - including the heating and cooling lotions - and some people lack the intelligence to use these products in moderation in their own homes, which can result in medical problems.
They're trying to regulate lotion after putting many drugs that are taken internally on the shelves. Drugs that run risks if you take too many. Drugs that are more powerful than just oil. Things like Claritin or Aleve that required a prescription up until recently.
Please help me out here. Help all of us that rely on massage for a living - everybody from people in spas and salons to those that travel with sports teams to those that work with physical therapists to those working on cruise lines to... well, you get the idea.
Contact the FDA by the end of this month - that's the 30th - and let them know that it's a bad idea to be doing this. Let them know that we, as a society, aren't too thrilled at the whole idea of trying to regulate something as benign as lotion. The information to get ahold of them is here: http://www.fda.gov/comments.html
Thank you.
eta: I found the document itself, or at least the draft for it. It can be found here: http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98...480-gld0001.pdf
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