Dietary Supplements

Question 1

A dietary supplement it taken how?

Answer 1

By mouth

Question 2

A dietary substance contains what?

Answer 2

Dietary ingredient

Question 3

A dietary supplement is intended to do what?

Answer 3

Supplement the diet

Question 4

When would a dietary substance be considered unapproved or illegal?

Answer 4

When it claims to prevent or cure a specific disease or condition

Question 5

A dietary supplement can be labeled with what?

Answer 5

General use not specific condition

Question 6

What verbal statement must be on a dietary supplement label?

Answer 6

This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose treat cure or prevent any disease.

Question 7

Medical foods represent treatment for what?

Answer 7

Specific disease states

Question 8

A medical food is only available how?

Answer 8

By a prescription of a practitioner

Question 9

Dietary substances are neither ___ or _____

Answer 9

Drugs nor foods

Question 10

What placed health foods food supplements and herbal products into a class different from prescription and nonprescription drugs?

Answer 10

Dietary Supplement Health a Education Act (DSHEA)

Question 11

Dietary products can be marketed without proving what?

Answer 11

Efficacy

Question 12

Dietary supplements currently on the market do not have to be proven what?

Answer 12

Sade

Question 13

GMP does not provide specific guidelines for tests for herbal products that test for what?

Answer 13

Identity purity strength and composition

Question 14

Who is responsible for determining the dietary supplements contents?

Answer 14

The manufacturer

Question 15

When does an herb get admitted into the official compendium?

Answer 15

Must have FDA approved use or DI panel recognized use.

Question 16

Labels for herbal products must contain the standard common names as listed where?

Answer 16

Herbs of Commerce

Question 17

Do manufacturers of herbal products have to have their used approved by the FDA?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

Homeopathic drugs don’t have to have what on their package?

Answer 18

Expiration date

Question 19

Do cosmetics require premarketing approval from the FDA?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

Do cosmetic manufacturers have to meet GMP?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Can cosmetics be considered adulterated?

Answer 21

Yes if not manufactured under GMP

Question 22

Who is responsible for regulation of advertising and labeling of cosmetics?

Answer 22

FTC