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More Australians are self-prescribing natural remedies, but are they always safe? (www.sbs.com.au)
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[โ€“] searabbit@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The article is specifically about andrographis btw, which I've never heard of, but apparently like half of Australians use as a natural cold remedy. It's unclear how much it works but it's not totally useless. The risk is a sudden allergic reaction/anaphylaxis.

I do think supplements and OTC remedies can be helpful even if it's largely placebo, but it should be regulated. It seems like maybe the problem here might be dosage, or maybe it should be banned, no idea, but it would be nice if some regulatory body could research that and let us know.

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 0 points 4 months ago

The regulation here is the TGA responding to science that andrographis comes with too high an acceptable adverse risk. Like with many things, over-reacting with bans rather than researching is so much easier, cough e-bikes, cough.