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3 Oct 1996 Since there is occasional discussion of "alternative medicines" in this forum, I list here a sample of products and their advertisers as found in the November 1996 issue of Life Extension, a kind of paper version of the TV infomercial. Some of our listmembers are experimenting with one or more of these "diet supplements" and who knows? They might have value. A florid sales pitch or the lack of government approval should not mean automatic condemnation. One of the vendors lists dozens of products, others only a few, and I have selected only those that I have seen mentioned elsewhere: Life Extension Foundation, PO box 229120, Hollywood, Florida: Melatonin 60 1 mg capsules $4.50 Shark Cartilage 500 gm powder 125.00 Acetyl-L-Carnitine 100 500 mg caps 68.00 DHEA 100 25 mg caps 22.50 Prolongevity, LTD, 10 Alden Rd, #6, Markham, Ontario L3R2S1, Canada: Vitamins A,B,C,D,E (various types, qty) various PABA 100 500 mg $9.95 NADH 30 5 mg tablets 32.00 Coenzyme Q-10 100 30 mg caps 34.00 Carnitine 30 600 mg caps 19.50 Alzheimer's Buyers Club, postfach CH-8911 O. Rifferswill, Switzerland: Melatonin 60 3 mg capsules $19.00 DHEA 100 100 mg capsules 73.00 Libertarian Solutions, GPO Box 12496, Hong Kong: Deprenyl (Selegiline)100 5 mg tablets $95.00 Let me emphasize, I don't endorse ANY of these vendors, nor their products for honesty, safety, usefulness, efficacy, or purity! The list is offered for info only, as a glimpse of the other world of non-approved drugs. Caveat emptor, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks CA 91403