Time for evidence-based labelling of over-the-counter medicines

Time for evidence-based labelling of over-the-counter medicines

Women use CAMs more than men and are targeted by the CAM industry around menopause because the relief of menopausal symptoms has been deemed a 'low-level' claim which does not require Therapeutic Goods administration verification of the data to support the claims before marketing these unp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society 2007-06, Vol.10 (3), p.179-180
Hauptverfasser: MacLennan, Alastair H, Sturdee, David W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Australia
Canada
Community Pharmacy Services
Dietary supplements
Drug Labeling
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Hot Flashes - drug therapy
Humans
Lobbyists
Menopause
Nonprescription drugs
Nonprescription Drugs - standards
Pharmaceutical industry
Phytoestrogens
Phytotherapy
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:Women use CAMs more than men and are targeted by the CAM industry around menopause because the relief of menopausal symptoms has been deemed a 'low-level' claim which does not require Therapeutic Goods administration verification of the data to support the claims before marketing these unproven products to the public6.
ISSN:1369-7137
1473-0804
DOI:10.1080/13697130701371508