Teach you to identify "health products" and "drugs" at a glance!

When you arrive at the drugstore, you will inevitably be dazzled by all kinds of health products and drugs: are they health products or drugs? In fact, eye recognition is clearly written on the package. Just recognize two "words":

● drug approval: it is a drug that can cure diseases and has curative effect;

● Shijian character: health care products can protect health without curing diseases.

The approval number of drugs is "national drug approval":

The approval number of health products is "guoshijian" (or "weishijian", which is the product approval number of health food approved by the Ministry of health and the State Food and Drug Administration in different periods). At the same time, there is a blue "straw hat" mark on the packaging box of health food.

Why does Dr. ha emphasize so much that we can't confuse it?

Because there is a big difference between drugs and health products:

What's the difference between health products and drugs?

drugs

It can cure diseases and has high production requirements

Medicine is used to cure diseases.

The reason why drugs can prevent and treat diseases is that the drug production capacity and technical conditions must be strictly examined by the relevant national departments, and the drug approval number can be obtained only after the examination and approval of the relevant national departments through pharmacological, pathological and viral examinations and years of clinical observation.

Therefore, drugs have definite curative effects and indications, and adverse reactions are relatively clear.

In addition, drugs must be produced in pharmaceutical factories. In the production process, they need to go through layers of checkpoints such as air cleanliness and aseptic disinfection. Therefore, the quality requirements of drugs produced are very high. Before they are put into the market, all drugs must meet GMP standards (drug production quality specifications) and their safety is guaranteed.

health products

The essence is "food"

So, what's the matter with health products?

In fact, it is "food", which is also called "dietary supplement" or "food supplement" abroad.

Health food can be used to regulate body function, improve the ability of human body to resist diseases, improve sub-health status and reduce the risk of diseases.

Many health products manufacturers will vigorously publicize the functions of health products, but Dr. ha must translate the hidden meaning:

Health care products are not aimed at preventing and treating diseases. They cannot be used only to treat diseases.

Moreover, in terms of production mode, health products can be produced in food factories, and the standard is relatively lower than that of drug production. Only the sanitary indicators such as pollutants and bacteria need to be tested, and they can be listed if they are qualified.

So when you decide to buy drugs, don't just listen to the recommendation of the shopping guide. Be sure to see the "approval number" on the packing box first. Don't buy "drugs" but buy "health food" by mistake.