The Canadian law firm Roy Elliott O'Connor LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Shoppers Drug Mart and Boiron Canada charging that Oscillococcinum, which is a homeopathic medication sold to combat "flu-like symptoms," does not actually have the active ingredient in it its manufacturer advertises it to contain. More here from the Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism, here from the blog Skeptic North, here from Skeptic Magazine.
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Makes sense. My mother's macaroni soup is better to combat flu-like symptoms than this product.
Posted by: Anne Roberts | April 23, 2012 at 03:25 PM