The New England Journal of Medicine
e-mail icon  FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |    Advanced Search
Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe
 
Correspondence
PreviousPrevious
Volume 348:2255-2256 May 29, 2003 Number 22
NextNext

Inappropriate Advertising of Dietary Supplements

Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

 Sign up for free e-toc
 

This Article
-Full Text
- PDF
-PDA Full Text

Tools and Services
-Add to Personal Archive
-Add to Citation Manager
-Notify a Friend
-E-mail When Cited
-E-mail When Letters Appear

More Information
-Related Article
by Drazen, J. M.
-PubMed Citation
To the Editor: With regard to Dr. Drazen's Perspective article on the inappropriate advertising of dietary supplements (Feb. 27 issue),1 a recent survey, conducted by Harris Interactive for Robert Butler and the International Longevity Center, showed widespread and potentially dangerous public ignorance of the regulation and labeling of vitamins, minerals, and food supplements. Most people believe wrongly that dietary supplements must be approved by a government agency such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (59 percent of the respondents), that manufacturers are not allowed to make claims about their safety and their effectiveness unless there is solid, scientific evidence . . . [Full Text of this Article]



HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org

Comments and questions? Please contact us.

The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.