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Want to meet with your Representative about H.R. 3133, the Acupuncture for our Seniors Act ?
Contact NCCAOM Lobbyist Molly Ford to help you set up an online meeting, coach you on the talking points and accompany you.

We Need Your help, NOW! Let’s secure 80MM new patients and create jobs for the profession.
If we don't make this change, other people who don't have your extensive training, will be treating your patients,
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Old News, But a Reminder

WARNING LETTER from FDA to Hevert Pharmaceuticals LLC USAMARCS-CMS 594842 — JUNE 11, 2020
This letter is to advise you that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed your product labeling for your injectable products “Arnica,” “Calmvalera comp.,” “Gelsemium comp.,” “Hepar comp.,” and “Lymphaden comp.,” including your products’ labels and your website at hevert.com, from which these products can be ordered. Based on our review, these injectable products are unapproved new drugs under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), 21 U.S.C. 355. Introducing or delivering these products for introduction into interstate commerce violates section 301 of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 331.

On Nov 4, the CDC updated its

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
It is notable that acupuncture is recommended over 40 times, more than any other therapy

FLORIDA NEWS

Recent Passings

Passing of an Acupuncture Founder
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Leon I. Hammer.
Dr. Hammer's light has shone for the last 98 years, and we are all truly better off for having known him. His legacy is one that truly inspires, and he will be remembered eternally.
Please keep his loving wife, Ewa, and his whole family in your thoughts and prayers.
Dr Hammer helped found Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine in 2001. His vision distinguishes the school by its strong focus on diagnosis, especially Contemporary Chinese pulse and its curriculum, that steresses psychology and integrates parts of various models of Oriental Medicine.