Originally Posted by
philipas
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Right. You wanna play I bet my future on a podcast? If you or ANYONE ELSE has legitimate studies that would stand up to SCIENTIFIC scrutiny then by all means get that information to the FDA and we'll get the stuff FDA approved and THEN we can start the process of getting it FAA approved.
The difference between the food supplements and actual FDA approved medications is that the FDA demands that medications show EFFICACY, i.e., that they REALLY WORK, whereas supplements only need to demonstrate that they don't kill you, at least in the short term. And these largely unregulated supplements are frequently adulterated with anything the manufacturer thinks might make them a little bit more likely to work, including prescription medications DEFINITELY not approved for flying:
https://www.consumerreports.org/diet...cription-meds/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28850291
https://www.consumerreports.org/mari...nd-cbd-5f-adb/
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/lo...203824334.html
To me anyone willing to bet their wings on a product of unproven efficacy with known issues of contamination lacks the good judgment I would expect in a soloed student pilot, far less that of a professional aviator. It's like saying to fill the tanks with number 2 diesel instead of Jet-A, because it MIGHT work, and PROBABLY won't jell at altitude.