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First, it is right that there should be controls and rules on the herbal medicinal product market, which is in total chaos, leaving the way clear for quacks to profit at the expense of public health and consumers.
The question, however, that bother us is how herbal medicinal products are to reach patients and consumers. The report explains that these medicinal products will be available over the counter, thereby shifting the entire responsibility for selecting a suitable product on to the patient or consumer, whose only source of information will be the manufacturer's advertisements. Basically, therefore, consumers will be at the mercy of misleading information from the private sector and large industrial facilities, who will be able to profiteer as they please.
The second question which arises is whether these medicinal products should be sold through pharmacies and by qualified pharmacists or whether they will be available on supermarket shelves. Probably the latter, it would appear.
We believe that once these preparations are classified – and they must be classified – as a medicinal product, they should be prescribed through the proper channels by a doctor or pharmacist and should be available on the national health."@en1
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