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COPYRIGHT 2001 Ingram Investment Ltd.
M2 PRESSWIRE-30 March 2001-US FTC: Promoters of dietary supplement that purports to treat snoring agree to settle FTC charges (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:29032001
The company that manufacturers and sells a throat spray that purportedly reduces or eliminates snoring and the company that produced infomercials promoting the product have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they did not have adequate substantiation to back up the claims they made about the efficacy of the product. The FTC alleged that Tru-Vantage International, LLC, based in Niles, Illinois, and Med Gen, Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida, and its principal, Paul Kravitz, claimed that Snorenz is an effective treatment for snoring as well as sleep apnea - a potentially life-threatening breathing disorder that affects at least 12 million adults who snore. Sleep apnea is characterized by repeated cessation of breathing during sleep and, if left untreated, poses risk of hypertension, stroke and heart disease.
Under the terms of separate consent agreements, the respondents would be required to have...
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