Investigation of drug use behavior: health products can not be taken as medicine

About 75% of the respondents over 60 years old often take health care products Some old people take health care products excessively and their body functions are seriously damaged, which not only fails to prolong their life, but also accelerates their aging Lele is a sixth grade primary school student in Tianjin His parents began to give him brain tonic products "rich in DHA, memory enhancing and memory improving" a year ago Three months later, Lele ate several thousand yuan of health care products He didn't make progress in learning, but showed symptoms of involuntary muscle twitching Nowadays, it has become a common phenomenon for children to take health care products in cities Many families even take more than 5 kinds of health care products for their children at the same time According to a survey report on drug use behavior of residents by the China Association for science and technology, there are misunderstandings among urban and rural residents about health care products Some people blindly use health care products, mostly the elderly, women and children According to the survey, 21% of the respondents think that health care products are drugs that can cure diseases, or even take health care products with drugs; 23% think that health care products have no side effects and can be taken for a long time 58% of the respondents think that vitamins are beneficial and harmless, and can be supplemented at will According to the household survey in Beijing and Tianjin, about 75% of the respondents over 60 years old often take health care products, most of which are gifts for their children to honor the elderly Women are another important group in the consumption of health care products The survey found that about 23% of urban women have purchased health care products in a year, with a per capita consumption of nearly yuan, mainly focusing on detoxification and beauty products, and showing the characteristics of low age The health care products taken by children are mainly various kinds of nutrient solutions which are known to enhance intelligence and promote physical development The abuse of health care products is very harmful It is found that some old people are seriously damaged due to excessive use of health care products, which not only fails to achieve the purpose of prolonging life, but also accelerates aging Women blindly take diet, beauty, detoxification and other health care products, because there are many hormone components, greatly increased the risk of cancer Excessive use of health care products in children can lead to early sexual development, mental retardation and obesity An 8-year-old girl in Hebei Province is shorter than her peers Her parents give her children a lot of health care products with increasing function, which are claimed in various advertisements As a result, half a year later, the girl's development is advanced, and the second sex sign is obvious Many health care products business enterprises lure consumers to buy and use health care products by boasting of efficacy, free physical examination, free trial, health consultation, additional products and other ways The regulatory authorities did not regularly review the qualification of health care products enterprises, so it is difficult to ensure that the quality of health care products has the common characteristics of general food, can regulate the function of human body, and is suitable for specific people to eat, but not for the purpose of treating diseases However, many health care products often claim to achieve some effect, but there is no explanation for the ingredients and the applicable population, and residents pay too much attention to the effect when buying health care products The survey found that in order to pursue interests, many health care products business enterprises deceive consumers to purchase and use health care products by means of boasting efficacy, free physical examination, free trial, health consultation and additional products Some health care products manufacturing and marketing enterprises use newspapers, TV and other media to make threatening advertisements through medical experts and celebrities; some health care product manuals and labels are not printed according to the approved content, without authorization to increase the health care function, expand the applicable population, and even deliberately confuse the boundaries with drugs to mislead consumers; some products use food approval number, production license number, disinfection The approval number of bactericidal products and other fake health food numbers claim the health function in violation of regulations At the same time, in order to pursue economic benefits, some local media have played a role in promoting the momentum by circulating and broadcasting advertisements of health care products that exaggerate their efficacy all day long Taking the health food of reducing weight as an example, counterfeiting and adding medicine are the common means of this kind of health food Ms sun, from Guangdong Province, once took a brand of weight-loss health care products, resulting in diarrhea, unable to work normally After reading the news, I knew that this product was illegally added Li Ping, deputy secretary-general of China Health Care Association and chairman of weight-loss branch, believes that the reasons for these problems in the weight-loss health food market are related to the lack of understanding of the causes of obesity among the general public and the non-standard market Especially on the network platform, China's regulatory system is very weak Recently, the State Food and drug administration formed 20 inspection teams, which went to 18 regions of 15 provinces (districts and cities), carried out flight inspection on 11 health food production and operation enterprises, conducted special sampling inspection on 228 batches of health food, and conducted secret visit to 3 health food wholesale markets Flight inspection found that one enterprise was suspected of counterfeiting official seals to produce and operate counterfeit health food, and six enterprises had illegal activities in production and operation, among which one enterprise had eight different trademark and different label boxes for the same product, and the product specifications marked by the company were inconsistent with the approved content The inspection team specially selected four batches of positive samples of illegally added drugs, such as the left-handed 360 weight-loss coffee (gsjz g20050818, production batch 20130302) which was sampled from Macao Road branch of rentai pharmacy, Huichuan District, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province and marked by Zhejiang Lingwei Health Industry Co., Ltd., and detected phenolphthalein There are 13 batches of product identification information inconsistent with the approved content The inspection team secretly visited three wholesale markets and found that the package and label instructions of health food were in disorder, the illegal publicity of health food was prominent, and the phenomenon of health food counterfeiting approval number and number one multi-purpose was more common In the case of secret interview, it is found that the weight-loss gold bullet marked with the approval number of Wei Shi Jian Zi (1998) No 0227 and the top grade sheep placenta marked with the approval number of Guo Shi Jian Zi g20040897 are inconsistent with the health food approval content Some operators know that their products are fake health food, but driven by interests, they put legal products in the open and illegal products in the dark Most of the health food is purchased at the product ordering meeting, and there is no traceability information available on the site The management regulations of health food certificate and account are not implemented, and the source of the product cannot be verified Some operators use product brochures, posters and other forms to exaggerate the health care function of the product, express or imply the functional effect in the outer packaging of ordinary food, publicize ordinary food as a health food that can cure a variety of diseases and has a variety of effects, and mislead consumers The chaos in the health care industry is closely related to the lack of regulation in the industry According to the survey report of China Association for science and technology, there is a lack of sustainable and effective mechanism for the supervision of health care products market in China The examination system of health care products is not strict Once the enterprise obtains the production qualification, it can hold it for a long time, and generally will not face the risk of being revoked The regulatory authorities did not regularly review the qualification of health products enterprises, which made it difficult to ensure the quality of production, resulting in some small-scale and poor quality small and medium-sized enterprises to obtain good development space, while some large formal companies were in a disadvantageous position in the competition due to high cost Experts suggest that we should strengthen the punishment of illegal health care product advertisements, and at the same time punish the manufacturers, we should also investigate the responsibility of all kinds of media that provide the publishing platform for illegal health care product advertisements, as well as the experts and celebrities who represent and cheat the public trust In the United States, it is strictly forbidden to publicize the medical effect of health care products, and manufacturers of health care products pay more attention to the explanation and publicity of "what problems may be caused by frequent use or excessive consumption", "please consult the doctor in what circumstances" and other contents Stores selling health care products mainly rely on consumers to read the instructions to make judgments Once the publicity of health care products by businesses involves diagnosis , prevention and treatment of diseases and other contents are bound to face the risk of punishment or even being banned according to law The investigation team of China Association for science and technology suggested that the market supervision system of health care products should be improved to guide urban and rural residents to take health care products scientifically Standardize the label of health care products, such as the detailed label name, the content of various raw materials, the date of production, the manufacturer, the packer, the seller's name and address, etc in addition, the relevant departments shall require the manufacturer to indicate the label of "a certain supplement", such as diet supplement, vitamin E supplement, herbal supplement, etc., and mark the sentence of warning consumers, such as "health care products" It can't replace medicine or take health products as main food in large quantity or alone At the same time, it is suggested to popularize scientific and applicable knowledge of health care products through various forms such as community health care product knowledge lectures Experts suggest that we crack down on illegal business activities in accordance with the law We should mobilize the power of the masses and the news media, actively expose the illegal behaviors in the marketing of health care products, and strictly deal with the health care product management organizations that take illegal means to deceive consumers We will strengthen the punishment of illegal health care product advertisements, and at the same time punish manufacturers, we will investigate the responsibilities of all kinds of media that provide a publishing platform for illegal health care product advertisements, as well as experts and celebrities who speak for and cheat the public's trust We should establish a perfect supervision system to clean up and rectify the market of health care products Establish a long-term mechanism to change the current passive situation of "counterfeiting, investigation and punishment, counterfeiting, investigation and punishment", improve the entry threshold of health care products industry, regularly review the qualification of health care products enterprises, eliminate small and medium-sized enterprises without business strength, and create a good development environment for the development of regular health care products companies At the same time, we should establish and improve the industry standards of health products as soon as possible, and establish a three in one inspection system of "supervision sampling, evaluation testing and enterprise self inspection" and a national health product inspection and adverse reaction declaration system.