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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Here's the problem with supplements. It's largely a scam with almost zero regulation or oversight. It's up to the manufacturer to inform Health Canada of there's any dangerous issues with production. There are almost no inspections of facilities. Want some proof?
Forta, a herbal male sexual enhancement product, was recalled after a third party found sildenafil (a prescription drug with potentially deadly drug interactions) in it in 2014. Two years later it was recalled again after another third party found tadalafil (a prescription drug of course). Zero repercussions and health Canada found none of this with their oversight.
Also, if no one is testing your product, why actually put in there what you've said is on the label? That's expensive when you could just be putting rice, soybean, or wheat in it instead like they found using DNA coding in this study:
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.co...41-7015-11-222
So you're not even getting any of what you paid for in more than half of the products they tested |
Do health supplements include the vitamin industry for things like multi-vitamins and fish oils and such?