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Pharmacists and other health care providers that recommend "alternative medicines" could be exposed to malpractice as well as product liability claims in the event a patient is either injured by or has treatment inappropriately delayed based on their recommendation of such medicine. For purposes of this article, it is assumed that alternative medicines are nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) food supplements, vitamins, herbs or other substances contained in commercially available products. Many of these products are sold in pharmacies or health food stores and have not been clinically tested or do not have a scientific basis for the use for which they are recommended.
如果患者因使用“替代药物”而受伤，或因基于此类药物的推荐而导致治疗不当延误，那么推荐这些药物的药剂师和其他医疗服务提供者可能会面临医疗事故以及产品责任索赔。在本文中，假定替代药物为非处方（非处方药 [OTC]）食品补充剂、维生素、草药或市售产品中含有的其他物质。这些产品中有许多在药店或健康食品店出售，尚未经过临床测试，或者其推荐使用的依据缺乏科学基础。
