Recently, The Department of Health issued an administrative order requiring food supplement manufacturers and distributor to translate " No approve therapeutic claims to Filipino Version, " Mahalagang paalala Ang (pangalan ng gamot) ay hindi dapat gamiting panggamot sa anumang uri ng sakit", so that Filipino people may easily understand that the supplements that they are taking are not to be considered as medicines.For me, the " no approve therapeutic claims" is very misleading to people who has difficulties in understand English. Patients with diabetes and other ailments shifts from their day to day maintenance drug to herbal supplements without any advice from his/her physician because it's more cheaper and the advertisement is very encouraging with the help or some actors/actresses who endorse the product. Our role as Diabetes Nurse educator, is to advise and educate people with diabetes about this problem. We explain to them and make them clear that herbal supplements is not a replacement for your maintenance drug. We don't discourage them not take herbal supplements, still they can but with advise of their physician.
Thumbs up for this administrative order and to DOH secretary Esperanza Cabral! Good Job!
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