As you may have noticed: No Therapeutic Claims at the end of a supplement ad was replaced with
"Mahalagang Paalala: Ang (name of product) Ay Hindi Gamot At Hindi Dapat Gamiting Panggamot sa Anumang Uri ng Sakit,”
Good job DOH! Mas maiintindihan na ngayon ng tao if we used the vernacular sa mga herbal ads. Parang minura ka ng F$@K YOU vs minura ka ng P.I. mo the later is much more powerful and felt because its your own language. Same din pag sinabi mong T*T* vs penis we can say penis anytime kasi ok lang and its deemed bastos pag yun local term ang ginamit.
As you may have noticed I am against these herbal supplements from the start. From experience patients tend to buy these drugs more than our prescribed drugs thinking that it is safer and more effective. They really don't notice the disclaimer at the end of the commercial. Worse is they spend a lot money to buy the supplements but they complain about the price of a prescribed drug.In the end amount they spent for their freakin anti oxidants are much bigger than their real meds. May isang patiente na di makabili ng isang prescribed antihypertensive drug. Nahulog ang bag nya bumulatlat ang dami ng supplement na iniinom nya.
Doc: Ang dami po nyan ah!
Patient: Ay oo iho. Sabi kasi nakakatulong daw ito sa puso.
Ito naman sa atay at ito sa kidney
Ito sa cancer dahil antioxidant.
Doc: Ahh ok
Ang nireseta kong gamot sa kanya ay wala pang 20 pesos yun total na iniinom nya mas malaki pa. Pag ang high blood na control makakabuti sa lahat ng organs dahil walang namamatay sa hypertension sa complications nito meron!
Kudos to our health secretary Dra Cabral for taking a stand against aggresive herbal ads that have misled most of our kababayans. I know mam your getting a lot of flak from the herbal groups but I'll support you all the way. Di naman natin sila pinipigilan mag benta eh nag bibigay lang tayo ng babala. Personally I allow my patients to use these supplements if they want to as long as they're taking their prescribed medications and not replacing them.
"The most expensive drug is a drug that doesn't work!"
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