@article{allkanjari_safety_2023,
	title = {Safety of herbal dietary supplements used for weight loss: sales data and phytovigilance awareness},
	volume = {48},
	issn = {2316-7874},
	url = {https://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&id=L2024616312&from=export},
	doi = {10.1186/s41110-023-00223-w},
	abstract = {Purpose: Overweight/obesity is a metabolic risk factor contributing to chronic diseases. People use herbal dietary supplements (HDS) to promote weight loss, convinced in embracing a healthy attitude. As in Italy warnings concern weight loss-HDS, the aim of the study was to contextualize their safety by investigating sales data and phytovigilance awareness in territorial pharmacies. Methods: Sales of weight loss-HDS were monitored from October 2018 to September 2020 in two pharmacies of Rome. Independently, a survey about phytovigilance was addressed to pharmacy owners of the Lazio region. Results: From the overall sales, 9\% of HDS, consisting of 122 brands, claimed weight loss. Among them, 76\% were multi-ingredient with up to 29 components. Moreover, 158 plant species with variable/missing standardization and 49 non-botanical ingredients were clustered. In the 29 participants of the questionnaire, 70\% knew phytovigilance, but only 25\% of them knew the tool to report the suspected adverse reactions (ARs). Conclusions: Given the variety of multi-ingredient formulations and plant species not strictly claimed for the weight loss promotion, variable standardization of botanicals, and a low adherence of pharmacists to report suspected ARs, this study highlights safety uncertainties of weight loss-HDS. Future efforts involving sales data of all territorial pharmacies and promotion of phytovigilance are required.},
	language = {English},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Nutrire},
	author = {Allkanjari, O. and Annetta, A. and Di Sotto, A. and Vitalone, A.},
	year = {2023},
	keywords = {adverse event, article, attitude to health, awareness, body weight loss, descriptive research, dietary supplement, drug marketing, drug safety, herbal dietary supplement, herbal medicine, human, medicinal plant, obesity, pharmacist, pharmacy (shop), pharmacy owner, phytovigilance awareness, questionnaire, randomized controlled trial (topic), risk factor, sales data, stakeholder engagement, standardization, tea, uncertainty},
}

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Methods: Sales of weight loss-HDS were monitored from October 2018 to September 2020 in two pharmacies of Rome. Independently, a survey about phytovigilance was addressed to pharmacy owners of the Lazio region. Results: From the overall sales, 9% of HDS, consisting of 122 brands, claimed weight loss. Among them, 76% were multi-ingredient with up to 29 components. Moreover, 158 plant species with variable/missing standardization and 49 non-botanical ingredients were clustered. In the 29 participants of the questionnaire, 70% knew phytovigilance, but only 25% of them knew the tool to report the suspected adverse reactions (ARs). Conclusions: Given the variety of multi-ingredient formulations and plant species not strictly claimed for the weight loss promotion, variable standardization of botanicals, and a low adherence of pharmacists to report suspected ARs, this study highlights safety uncertainties of weight loss-HDS. 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