Youm has announced the spread of social networking sites for the exchange of medical expertise in various fields. It also identified the exploitation of the owners of the companies, including increasing the number of followers in the marketing of products and drugs not known source, and does not bear the permission of the responsible authorities in the State.
While doctors have warned against delving into medical products on the Internet, and those promoting medical drugs and herbal preparations are unknown ingredients, the Abu Dhabi Health Department has posted on its website three lists of 1,369 products, including 812 sex enhancers, 435 weight loss products, In addition to 149 different products.
In addition, Emirates Al-Youm has identified stories used for patients with delusions, claiming that they have suffered from chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, hair loss, acne and diseases such as cancer and C virus. Certain drugs are sold on the same pills.
The participants are encouraged to experiment with the drugs, stressing that they are tried, guaranteed and without any side effects.
He warned doctors from the experience of products on the Internet and social networking sites, pointing to the reviewers come to them, after the failure of weight loss experiments or treatment of ED, which they reach through social networking sites, after causing them complications, adding to the seriousness of their lives.
Dr. Mowafaq Salman, consultant of male and fertility diseases, warned of the dangers of using drugs in response to the advice of the media media or buying over-the-counter medicines, pointing out that the doctor is the only person authorized to prescribe the medication, His medication.
He said that each patient is a stand-alone situation, and that each medicine has a positive side and another negative, and based on the situation and history of the patient determines the type of treatment.
Dr. Khalid Othman, consultant of dermatology and cosmetic medicine, stressed the danger of using drugs or creams without consulting the doctor, pointing out that their use results in a lot of collateral damage.
Osman, who wants to buy medical products via the Internet, called for the product to be photographed before buying it, and to check with the competent doctor to make sure that it is efficient and suitable for the prescribed purpose, which prevents the health damage that may result from using it.
Family medicine specialist Ahmed Mohsen confirmed that most providers of medical information online are not specialized, do not practice medicine, most of them are dealers and marketing agents.
He pointed out that the danger of drugs or cosmetics and slimming products, and other items sold on the Internet, because the methods of transport and storage unknown, and the place of manufacture and components are unreliable. For his part, the Legal Advisor, Said Al Rashidi, stressed that the procedures for marketing medical products, or slimming products or cosmetics on the Internet without permission, are contrary to the law.
He explained that community awareness of the seriousness of these products is the best way to prevent their damage.
The Ministry of Health and Community Protection has issued more than one warning to follow the phenomenon of electronic promotion of medical products.
She stressed that the drift behind the advertisements of websites, which promote products unknown and unregistered in the ministry or the health authorities in their countries, is a danger to consumer health, because of the lack of knowledge of the content of medicines. A large proportion of the preparations are adulterated with other toxic, internationally banned or high-dose substances.
For its part, the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi published on its website three lists, including 1369 products cheated, and received warnings to prevent them from local bodies with competence, particularly the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, and the plant compound Zayed herbs.
