Homeopathic remedies containing deadly wolfsbane available at CVS

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Homeopathic drugs contain some pretty strange ingredients. These drugs (or perhaps I should call them potions) come in ordinary-looking packages, apparently designed to look just like real medicine, but they are not. Inside the bottles are concoctions of a wide variety of plant extracts and other substances, almost none of them effective for what’s written on the package.

This week I was browsing the headache remedies at CVS, and I encountered a treatment I hadn’t seen before: Nova Headache Complex. It’s an expensive homeopathic remedy, advertised at $16.29 for a 50-ml bottle.

So: what does Nova’s Headache Complex contain? According to the package, it contains Aconitum Napellus 12X. Aconitum napellus is a lovely flowering plant, commonly known as monk’s hood or wolfsbane. If that sounds ominous, it should: Wolfsbane contains several highly poisonous compounds. It’s listed at #3 in the top 10 deadliest plants at Zitbits.

Read full, original post: Why Is CVS Selling Worthless Products Laced With Wolfsbane?

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