Health Buzz: People Call Poison Control Every 24 Minutes Because of Dietary Supplements
The rate of calls spiked 49.3 percent between 2005 and 2012.
By David Oliver , Associate Editor, Social Media | July 24, 2017, at 11:55 a.m.
Dietary supplements are not classified as drugs and therefore don't have to endure clinical trials or receive FDA approval before being sold. Getty Images
Dietary supplements may be in vogue among health-conscious consumers, but that doesn't mean they're not without risks.
New research shows that on average people call poison control centers in the U.S. every 24 minutes due to dietary supplement exposures – 275,000 calls from 2000 to 2012. The research, from Nationwide Children's Hospital's Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center, was published Monday in the Journal of Medical Toxicology.
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