Tejedor-García Noelia, García-Pastor Coral, Benito-Martínez Selma, de Lucio-Cazaña Francisco Javier
Departamento de Biología de Sistemas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, España.
Departamento de Biología de Sistemas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, España.
Gac Sanit. 2018 Jan-Feb;32(1):54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.12.018. Epub 2017 Mar 17.
The growing use of purchase online via Internet retailers favours the access to potentially toxic natural products. It also contributes to the quick dissemination of the claims made by the retailers on efficacy and safety, these claims being not always based upon reliable information. Here, we have conducted an online search to find Spanish-language retail websites for Chinese herbal medicine and we have analysed them for the quality of product information and the potential health risks.
i) Online search in Google España to find Spanish-language retail websites for Chinese herbal medicine in which we analysed both the claims regarding possible health benefits and adequate safe use indications ii) Identification of potentially toxic herbs in the websites iii) Quantification of Chinese herbal medicines withdrawn by the Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS).
Online health seekers should be warned about misinformation on retail websites for Chinese herbal medicine and directed to a Spanish government Web site for guidance in safely navigating the Internet for buying Chinese herbal medicine.
通过互联网零售商进行在线购买的行为日益普遍，这使得人们更容易获取可能有毒的天然产品。这也促使零售商关于功效和安全性的宣称迅速传播，而这些宣称并不总是基于可靠信息。在此，我们进行了一项在线搜索，以查找销售中草药的西班牙语零售网站，并分析了这些网站上产品信息的质量以及潜在的健康风险。
i）在谷歌西班牙上进行在线搜索，以查找销售中草药的西班牙语零售网站，我们分析了网站上关于可能的健康益处的宣称以及适当的安全使用说明；ii）识别网站中潜在有毒的草药；iii）对西班牙药品和卫生产品管理局（AEMPS）撤回的中草药进行量化。
1）在找到的30个销售中草药的西班牙语零售网站中，只有三分之一遵守法律，因为其他网站将非法的西医疾病宣称用作营销手段；2）五个网站提供了一些安全信息；3）两个网站提供潜在有毒的草药；4）被掺有西布曲明、西地那非或其类似物的中草药在AEMPS撤回的全部产品中占相当比例。
应警告在线寻求健康信息者，销售中草药的零售网站存在错误信息，并引导他们访问西班牙政府网站，以获取在互联网上安全购买中草药的指导。
