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薬草製品のインターネットマーケティング
Charles A Morris1, Jerry Avorn
1Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02120, USA. camorris@partners.org
JAMA
|September 18, 2003
まとめ
薬草サプリメントに関するオンラインの主張は,多くのサイトが適切な免責事項なしに病気に関連する主張を行うことで,しばしば消費者を誤解します. これらの人気のあるサプリメントについては,より厳しい規制が必要である.
科学分野:
- 漢方薬と消費者保健に関する情報.
- ダイエットサプリメントの規制状況.
背景:
- 1994年のダイエットサプリメント保健教育法は,ダイエットサプリメントのFDAの監督を制限しました.
- インターネットは,ハーブ療法に関する情報を求める消費者の主要な情報源です.
研究 の 目的:
- オンラインで紹介されている,最も売れているハーブ製品のトップ8の情報と健康に関する主張を評価する.
- 健康に関する主張と免責事項に関する規制指針の遵守を評価する.
主な方法:
- 5つの主要な検索エンジンで,人気のあるハーブサプリメント8種 (ギンコビロバ,セントジョンズワートなど) を検索しました.
- 443の合格した英語のウェブサイトの検索結果の第一ページの健康に関するコンテンツを分析した.
- 記録されたウェブサイトのタイプ,スポンサーリンク,参照,指示,クレーム,および免責事項,FDAの基準によるクレームの分類.
主要な成果:
- 分析されたウェブサイトの76%は,小売業に重点を置いていた.
- 小売店の81%が健康に関する主張をしており,55%が特定の病気を治療または治すと主張しています.
- 健康に関する主張を掲載したサイトの52%は,連邦政府の免責事項を省略しており,12%だけが,ベンダーへのリンクなしに参照された情報を提供している.
結論:
- 消費者は,オンラインのハーブ製品に関する根拠のない病気に関連する主張によって誤解されることがあります.
- 医師は,このような簡単にアクセスしやすい,潜在的に誤解を招く情報の普及を認識する必要があります.
- 強化された規制は,ハーブ製品が,他の医薬品と比較できる証拠に基づいた基準に準拠していることを保証するために必要である.
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