Jack and list - having tried a number of pharmacies in Melbourne to get
some g/v and having been told by a number of them that it was banned in
Australia, I eventually found a pharmacy that did sell it! but it was a
hard slog to find it. Many docs I spoke to think it is banned also???

Val, when I discuss g/v with a client I tell all that we know about it
including the 'rat' study and then leave it up to her - her decision
entirely

warm regards
jenni
RN RM IBCLC in private practice and mother to Daniel, Alicia, Michael,
Ashley, Leighton & Kathryn
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> From: newman <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: gentian violet
> Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 9:49
>
> The information I got is that it is not banned in Australia, but
> difficult to get.
>
> Any information that it is not safe?  Just some speculation and a
> study on rats that were fed large doses for their *entire* natural
> lives.
>
> Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
>