Safety Ratings
DISCLAIMER
These ratings are not meant to replace professional medical advice. Speak to your qualified health care professional about any questions you may have about a product before making any changes.
The safety ratings will address 5 patient types:
- Pregnant
- Breastfeeding
- Children
- Elderly (65+)
- General population (otherwise healthy adults)
LIKELY HARMFUL
- Collection of high quality, reliable scientific evidence showing:
- Safety concerns
- Serious negative effects
- RECOMMENDATION: People in this box would generally be recommended to AVOID this product
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NOT ENOUGH INFO
- There is not enough scientific evidence to assign a safety rating
- Common for pregnant or breastfeeding people, as well as children, because there are fewer studies done on those groups due to safety concerns
- RECOMMENDATION: The product CANNOT BE RECOMMENDED to people in this box because it MIGHT cause harm, and it is not known how severe that harm could be
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POSSIBLY UNSAFE
- Some MODERATE quality evidence exists showing the product is safe when used at specific doses, but studies may be:
- Contradicted by other studies
- Have very small size of patients studied
- Have higher chances of bias or error because of how the study was designed
- RECOMMENDATION: Because there is some evidence of potential danger with this product, it is generally NOT RECOMMENDED for people in this box
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POSSIBLY SAFE
- Some MODERATE quality evidence exists showing the product is safe when used at specific doses, but studies may be:
- Contradicted by other studies
- Have very small size of patients studied
- Have higher chances of bias or error because of how the study was designed
- RECOMMENDATION: Because there is not enough evidence showing the safety of this product, it is generally NOT RECOMMENDED for most people in this box
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LIKELY SAFE
- Collection of HIGH quality, reliable scientific evidence showing the product is safe when used at specific doses
- RECOMMENDATION: This product might be recommended for people in this box, depending on their:
- Health conditions
- Medication list
- Herb/supplement list
- Primary and specialty health care provider's opinions
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