Friday November 6, 1998 - Question 14

Which of the following statements concerning dietary supplements is / are correct (more than one response may be correct)?

A) Only a small portion of the United States adult population uses dietary supplements.
B) Dietary supplements by definition include any product intended for ingestion as a supplement to the diet.  This includes vitamins; minerals; herbs, botanicals, and other plant-derived substances; and amino acids and concentrates, metabolites, constituents and extracts of these substances.
C) The FDA does not recognize dietary supplements as drugs.
D) The FDA reviews dietary supplements in much the same ways as it reviews new drugs.
E) In 1994 Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act or DSHEA, which set up a framework for FDA regulation of dietary supplements.
F) Adverse event monitoring systems serve to identify emerging public health problems associated with use of a marketed product.
G) Reporting of adverse events associated with dietary supplements is mandatory.
H) Only events that can definitely be attributed to a particular product should be reported.
 

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