Preparations sold by mail order: descriptions that name their sources
We run the service separately for every country, because each one has its own law, its own register and its own network of shops. Choose a country to see the preparations described in that section.
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How we read these products
We start with the legal status
In food law a dietary supplement is food, not a medicinal product; a gel or a cream is a cosmetic. Putting such a product on the market takes a notification, not an authorisation. Which authority keeps the register, and whether a given name can be looked up in it, we write in the section of that country, because the answer differs from one to the next.
We keep the claim apart from the fact
Composition and the way a product is used we give after a specific document, and next to every entry we record where it came from and when we checked it. Where the data is missing (when the seller gives no package size, for instance), we say so plainly instead of filling the gap with a number taken from another page.
We describe the complaints too
For every preparation we collect the complaints that keep coming back and the situations in which buying it makes no sense. The service earns money on orders, so leaving that part out would be convenient, and that is exactly why it is a fixed part of every description and not an addition.
Who runs the service and where the data comes from we describe in About us. Questions and corrections reach us through Contact.
We are not a pharmacy, a manufacturer or a distributor, and we give no medical advice. When a complaint keeps growing, the right person to ask is a doctor, not a supplement.