Marc Van Ranst was unveiled during the Covid period in Belgium. But the Belgian KUL virologist has been a doctor of medicine since 1990. Specializing in viruses since 1994, it is with this cap that he tested and gives his opinion on a drug supposed to fight the symptoms of the condition. influenza, Oscillococinum.
This nasty virus is taking over from the coronavirus, with these winter temperatures that have been making us shiver for the past few weeks. Marc bought and tested this product, and his opinion is very clear: “The Oscillococcinum does not act immediately. In fact, it doesn’t work at all. »
In support, his scientific opinion: “The box that I received from the pharmacist in exchange for 11.50 euros indicates that a 1 gram dose of this so-called remedy once morest “flu states” contains 0.85 gram of sucrose (table sugar) and 0.15 gram of lactose (milk sugar), to which was added 0.01 ml of stirred water. »
With this drug, one would actually take a good dose of sugar, as he writes in his column in De Morgen.
“Boiron is the world leader in homeopathy”. We’ll spare you the technical and boring details, but roughly speaking, the production of one kilo of Oscillococcinum brings in around 19,000 euros to the laboratory, while its production cost per kilo barely exceeds 30 euros in terms of raw material. It is a mixture of several Barbary duck organs diluted in water more than 200 times, with sugar. And all that is sold in nearly 50 countries.
“It’s cheating, plain and simple. I don’t understand why the government and pharmaceutical agencies keep endorsing this nonsense, why doctors keep prescribing them, why pharmacists keep selling them, and why some health insurance companies keep paying them back. I understand that patients believe in it. Everything looks “real”. But it is a fraud. Stop this scam! »