Medicinal Remedies Products
Consumer Guide
Purchasing Natural or Over-the-Counter products requires consumers to read labels. Don't be fooled by marketing hype or false representations. Read product ingredient lists. If you do not understand any ingredient name or description do not purchase the product. Many non-natural chemical ingredients are masked with names consumers do not recognize.
Products to Avoid
Watch for products with ingredients that are diluted, cut or adulturated. Watch for alcohol, water, mineral oils, or other cheap fillers. These are low cost ingredients that do not perform well. Look for lists of “active vs. inactive” ingredients and their percentages by volumne. Lower cost prodcuts will use low percentages of active ingredients to save money. Watch for “natural” products that do not have all-natural ingredients or hide, disguize, or combine ingredients.
Product Claims
Many Natural and Over-the-Counter product companies are “masters” at manipulating consumer perception. A common practice is to “sell” consumers on alternative product benefits like “look younger, or have more enengy.” In reality, the ingredients in both natural and OTC products, governs product performance, and treatment effectiveness. If the ingredients listing on product packaging do not conservatively reflect product claims avoid these products. If products attempt to “sell” you on altenative benefits that go outside the central product scope avoid these products.
Product Comparison
Always compare products. Do not compare according to Product Clams. Compare products based on their research, quality of ingredients, valid customer feedback, and the transparancy of the company and their claims, representations and marketing approach. Avoid products that claim to “cure” or “heal” chronic conditions that do not have known medical cures. Avoid products suggest chronic or acute conditions go away in hours or days. If products do not have a treatment plan or detailed instruction for their use avoid them.