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About Advance Physician Formulas nutritional supplement company
Advance Physician Formulas is a nutritional supplement company founded in 2003 with headquarters in Irvine, California, and customer care centers in several locations including Nebraska, Iowa, and California. 

Our aim is to provide formulas of the highest quality and effectiveness. All the products under the Advance Physician Formulas label are made in the USA. Our scientific research team is highly specialized to review the latest research on various supplements and herbs. We are proud to carry high quality products from several respected supplement manufacturers and by respected doctors and herbalists including world-renowned medical doctor and best selling author Dr. Ray Sahelian, M.D., who formulated several products for us. According to Wikipedia, Dr. Sahelian is one of the most famous medical doctors in the United States. Dr. Sahelian is one of the top respected doctors in the world when it comes to nutritional knowledge. He maintains a highly-praised and widely-visited web site on natural healing and dietary supplements. Dr. Sahelian writes a  newsletter for us and we consult with him regarding the latest nutritional and herbal research. He is an independent contractor and not an officer or director of PF.

Beginning in February 2008 an independent lab is testing by HPLC every herb and supplement batch that we purchase to determine accuracy and purity. We are now using this double check method of testing for purity to ensure that the ingredients on the label are exactly what is inside each capsule.  We no longer rely solely on the certificates of analysis provided by the raw material suppliers.

Please consult with your health care provider regarding the use of supplements, particularly if you have a health condition or taking prescription medicines.

We plan to have additional products in the coming months. We also carry high quality supplements made by Club Natural and we include the certificate of analysis for each of their products. These include  acetylcysteine, arginine, avena sativa, bilberry, cacao, carnitine, carnosine, chrysin, DHEA, ginkgo biloba, glutamine, goji berry, grape seed extract, hoodia, kava, lutein, msm, nattokinase, noni, passion flower, phosphatidylserine, pomegranate, resveratrol, tyrosine, vinpocetine, and vitamin C.

In addition to these top quality products, we alo carry other brands such as Source Naturals, Enzymatic Therapy, Natrol, and several others.

We do not sell supplements which we believe have no merit or are potentially dangerous. For instance we do not sell:

     Human growth hormone products 
     High doses of hormones such as DHEA and pregnenolone. We think high doses have unpleasant side effects. 
     Certain weight loss supplements such as carb blockers or supposed cortisol blockers. They either don't work well or have too many side effects. 
     We don't sell penis enlargement pills or breast enlargement creams and pills -- advertised through infomercials or internet spam -- that have little or no scientific backing.
     
We have a list of supplements that are appropriate for vegetarians (see the link on the home page).

Although we are not perfect, we make every effort to be reliable and trustworthy, and we try to provide as good customer service as we can. Our phone and email customer representatives are polite, respectul, and friendly, and we ask that you communicate with them in a similar way.

Please consult with your health care provider before you take supplements just to make sure they do not interefere with your current medicines or health conditions.

Where are our products made?
All of our products are made by independent manufacturers located in the USA. Our primary manufacturer is NPA/NSF GMP and ISO 9001:2000 registered custom formulator, contract manufacturer. It operates a state-of-the-art FDA CGMP facility on more than 90,000 square feet in Santa Fe Springs, California.

Email received regarding our research team
Q. Are all of your products formulated by physicians?  Who is on your scientific research team? We are a non-profit consumer group in Washington DC specializing in food, nutrition, and dietary supplements.
   A. Above you will see about 30 or so products that are formulated by medical doctor Ray Sahelian, M.D. who has a bachelors of Science degree in nutrition. He is also the author of several books. Dr. Sahelian was one of the founders of the company but he is now an independent contractor for us and formulates products. We rely mostly on him for his honest evaluation. Dr. Sahelian consults with many of his colleagues whose opinion he values, friends and colleagues from medical school and residency, herbalists, nutritionists, naturopathic doctors, other health care professionals, and academics he has befriended over the years. We also have a few individuals who we consult with who have a bachelors or masters degree in nutrition or chemistry or physiology. They do Medline searches regarding new research on supplements. These individuals also test different herbal extracts on themselves and we get personal feedback on the effects of these herbs in varying dosages to see what their benefits and side effects would be. The pure raw ingredients are obtained from raw material suppliers usually in 10 gram samples and various amounts are measured and taken on an empty stomach in the morning for several days.

Quality of products
Q. With all the information I am reading about the quality and contamination of foods and vitamins made overseas, my family & I are very worried about obtaining a quality source of American Made vitamins and herbal supplements. Can you give me information about your supplying sources?
   A. Our products are made by a GMP certified and a FDA visited laboratory. The raw ingredients that we obtain are from high quality sources. We check the certificates of analysis. Beginning in February 2008, all raw materials purchased are being HPLC tested. Dr. Ray Sahelian, M.D., one of the most respected medical doctors in the world, reviews the certificates of analysis and the HPLC test results. 
   You will not be able to find any company that can honestly guarantee their products to be 100 pure and avccurate at all times. This is just not humanly possible. Even major pharmaceutical companies cannot guarantee that their products are pure 100 percent of the time. There is always the possibility of an error occurring.

Q. I am considering ordering MultiVit-Rx and other products, but could not find any info about where the ingredients come from.  Like  many consumers, I am leery of ingredients coming from anywhere in Asia except Japan, am OK with US-made ingredients, and am OK with European-made ingredients. Can you provide me any info about where the ingredients in your products come from?
   A. The majority of the ingredients come from the US, but there are some from foreign countries, but they are checked for purity by HPLC test on entry. It is doubtful you will find any company that exlusively has all their ingredients from the US since not all herbs are grown for commercial purposes in the US, and not all ingredients are made in the US  in sufficient quantities.

Q. I am interested in purchasing your Yohimbe, tongkat ali, horny goat weed, and tribulus products. I know I can purchase these just about anywhere with a wide variety of prices. But, I am interested in the purest high quality that will produce results.
How do your products rank in quality versus other products?
   A. Our products are made by a FDA reviewed and GMP certified facility located in Orange County, California, and the certificates of analysis are reviewed by Dr. Ray Sahelian, M.D. We have no idea of how others do it. The only 100 percent sure way for a consumer to know the quality of a product they buy is by sending it themselves to an independent lab, but almost all consumers do not have the interest or the funds to do this with every product they buy.

Product storage
Q. I was wondering if your herbal products (in particular Passion Rx and Passion Rx with Yohimbe) are sensitive to their storage environment after opening.  Generally I keep them in cool dry places but occasionally they are subject to room temperature increases when the a/c shuts off.  Please advise as I didn't notice this info on the bottles or come across it on your web site.
   A. In general, herbs are very hardy and can last for years or even decades in varying room temperatures without any problems. Vitamins are more sensitive and have a shorter shelf life of a couple of years and they are better stored in a cool and dry place. Minerals can last for a very, very long time without much changes. Fish oils and probiotics should be refrigerated.

Advance Physician Formulas has no association with any company named Physician Formula or Physicians Formulas. We also have no association with any web site named Physician Formula or Physicians Formulas. Physician Formula dot com is not a site associated with us, nor is Physician Formula dot net. This also applies to Physicians Formulas dot com and Physicians Formulas dot net.

Advance Physician Formulas is not affililated with Physicians Formula Cosmetics and does not sell cosmetics.