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Comparison between the American and the European Systems of Monitoring Adverse Effects of Dietary Supplements and Their Usefulness on the Polish Market

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  • Kacper Wróbel

    (Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland)

  • Beata Zastawna

    (Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland)

  • Anna Justyna Milewska

    (Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland)

  • Michał Marczak

    (Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland)

  • Remigiusz Kozłowski

    (Centre for Security Technologies in Logistics, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland)

Abstract

Many Polish patients do not inform physicians about supplements they use in addition to prescribed medicines. This may be because they consider dietary supplements as being rather natural products that cannot cause health problems. Although dietary supplements may produce side effects, Poland’s food safety system and medical statistics do not recognise the necessity of reporting such cases. However, a different approach is observed in France and the United States where adverse effects of food supplements as well as drugs are reported. The aim of this study was to determine the need for creating in Poland a general model of a register monitoring dietary supplements and their adverse effects. In order to achieve this goal, a detailed comparison between the American and European monitoring systems was made. It showed the relationship between negative symptoms caused by specific components in supplements and t profiles of patients who reported side effects. Additionally, it was found that there is a real risk associated with side effects caused by dietary supplements. Therefore, it necessary to establish in Poland a special system for recording such cases as it should be beneficial to patients, including polypragmatic patients.

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  • Kacper Wróbel & Beata Zastawna & Anna Justyna Milewska & Michał Marczak & Remigiusz Kozłowski, 2023. "Comparison between the American and the European Systems of Monitoring Adverse Effects of Dietary Supplements and Their Usefulness on the Polish Market," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:902-:d:1024547
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    1. Kacper Wróbel & Anna Justyna Milewska & Michał Marczak & Remigiusz Kozłowski, 2022. "Dietary Supplements Questioned in the Polish Notification Procedure upon the Basis of Data from the National Register of Functional Foods and the European System of the RASFF," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-19, July.
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    3. Kacper Wróbel & Anna Justyna Milewska & Michał Marczak & Remigiusz Kozłowski, 2022. "Assessment of the Impact of Scientific Reports Published by EFSA and GIS on Functional Foods Newly Placed on the Market in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-56, March.
    4. Kacper Wróbel & Anna Justyna Milewska & Michał Marczak & Remigiusz Kozłowski, 2021. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Composition of Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods Notified in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-26, November.
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