The experts pointed out: The health foods do not equate in the drugs _healthy channel _New China net
New China net Taiyuan on August 30 special news (by Liu Xiangxiao) when purchasing the drugs, the patient will often meet such situation: Is the Vitamin and mineral substance group product, some are the drugs, some are actually the health foods, actually should how differentiate the choice?
The Taiyuan medicine supervises the bureau experts to indicate that the health foods are not the drugs, but is the specific food. The drugs are used in the treatment, diagnosis and prevention disease, the health foods are used for the healthcare and adjuvant treatment. Between both has below distinguishes obviously:
The drugs production and formula composition, productivity and engineering factor must supervise the department strictly to examine after the national medicine, and through strict inspection of pharmacology, pathology and virus and many years clinical observation, after authorization only then puts into the market. The healthy product cannot and so on be able to put into the market after the hospital experiment.
Quality control of the production process is different. Drugs Vitamin class product must produce in pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, the air cleanliness, the aseptic standard, the raw material quality and so on must conform to the national medicine to supervise the department to the quality control request of pharmaceutical manufacturing plant; But as food Vitamin class product (food words), then may produce in the food products factory, its production process’s standard must be lower than the drugs production standard.
Curative effect aspect difference. The drugs undergo the massive clinical trials, and supervises the department to examine the authorization through the national medicine, has the strict indication, treats disease to have certain curative effect; Does not have therapeutic action as food healthy product, cannot undergo the clinical trial, only the examination pollutant, bacteria and so on hygienic target, qualified may go on the market the sale.
The experts prompt, consumer when choosing product, to ensure the security, is best to choose the national medicine to supervise the department authorizes has “OTC” (over-the-counter drug) the inscription drugs, purchase looked whether attaches the detailed instruction booklet, and strict takes according to the dosage which the instruction booklet recommends, do not surpass the dosage to take.
