Siebers Robert, Holt Shaun, Healy Bridget, Beasley Richard, Burgess Carl
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago Wellington, P O Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand.
N Z Med J. 2009 Apr 24;122(1293):3566.
Complimentary and alternative medicines are widely used but are not registered medicines. The aim of the study was to compare advice given by health food stores and pharmacists for hypertension.
Twenty-six health food stores and 26 pharmacies were visited by an individual for advise on a hypothetical problem of hypertension.
Staff in 25 out of 26 health food stores did not refer the researcher to a medical practitioner; instead they recommended and sold a wide variety of compounds of unproven efficacy.
We recommend the implementation of a formal training programme for health food stores staff and that complimentary and alternative medicines-use in New Zealand is regulated.
补充和替代医学被广泛使用，但并非注册药物。本研究旨在比较保健食品店和药剂师针对高血压提供的建议。
一名研究人员走访了26家保健食品店和26家药店，就一个假设的高血压问题寻求建议。
26家保健食品店中有25家的工作人员未将研究人员转介给医生；相反，他们推荐并销售了多种疗效未经证实的化合物。
我们建议为保健食品店员工实施正式培训计划，并对新西兰补充和替代医学的使用进行监管。
