Personal Injury Law

Women should be wary of alternative medicine

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

A recent Newsweek article addressed that 42.8 percent of American women use some sort of complementary or alternative medicine. Women should be wary of these medicines and claims for medical cures. The FDA regulates herbal and dietary supplements as food rather than as drugs, so they do not have to meet the same stringent standards as pharmaceuticals.

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Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).