Monday, May 21, 2018

Dietary Supplements Are Not Medicine

Contrary to the ubiquitous advertising of these products, dietary supplements are NOT medicine. They have not gone through the rigorous testing for safety and effectiveness that drugs and medical products have to go through. Look carefully at the label on all dietary supplements in pharmacies and on media advertisements. If you see the following required label, it is not a medical product:














Generally, if one is healthy, one does not need dietary supplementation.  However, if you do have a medical problem that may benefit from them, your physician may recommend that you take them. Click here for a list of dietary supplements.

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