If you do a search here and on other colorectal support forums, you will find many discussions about Pico-Salax and its lack of approval for sale in the USA. [example] If you want to know the background, check out the blurb I wrote on this petition.
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find out the status. Has the manufacturer applied for approval? Who knows, but I for one am sick of waiting. The only choice is preps that, quite frankly, are inhumane--or get some Pico-Salax from across the border....which means what? I have to smuggle some over-the-counter medication from Canada and then lie to my dr. about what I took? Insane.
I have written to the manufacturer and didn't get a response. Now I'm going to stir things up a bit. I've started an online petition. Maybe if I get 1000s of signatures, together we can press for action. (If you're about to be a naysayer, let me tell ya, I've been successful with this tool for other issues. But I need lots of signatures.)
The petition is set to expire at the end of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (March 2012). In April I will deliver the signatures to the FDA and the manufacturer.
Yes, you can hide your name so no one else sees you signed it.
Here's the link: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/pico-salax/
**Important--Please insert your own comments when signing. It can be really short, but it sounds a lot more genuine and has a lot more impact when it's your own words!**
Please help! Ways you can help:
1. Sign it yourself.
2. Click "like" and it will show up on your Facebook page.
3. Ask everyone you know to sign it too.
4. Post a link on forums or wherever you think someone might be willing to sign it. It does not just have to be survivors--it could be Chron's disease people, anyone at all.
5. If you have a blog, post the widget. Here's the code:
<script type="text/JavaScript">var Care2P_Parameters=["http://www.thepetitionsite.com/xml/petitions/865/590/769/feed.rss",
6. Tweet it.
7. Anything else you can think of!!
MY COLON THANKS YOU!!