How Health Canada licensed a fake children's remedy as "safe and effective" (CBC Marketplace)
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- Licence to Deceive | Originally broadcast March 13, 2015.
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She stuck her hand in a container full of mosquitos. That's dedication.
Angelica Guerrero Much dedication.
Twice!
No thanks.
Angelica Guerrero that to me is plain stupidity and is basically the same thing as with leeches
That's West Nile Virus.
Angelica Guerrero
Yup. If that’s not dedication I don’t know what is.
Props to the journalist for going into the mosquito cage
Yeah. Erica was trembling the whole time but I think she faired better than I would've. I might've fainted the second I saw the cage.
Omg
She's a real trouper!
Matt Brewer
The words "You could not pay me enough to do that" came to mind.
Matt Brewer *continues screaming head off*
*faints*
"Oops, we used the infected misquitos."
Just use the Buggzzed tablets to help your mosquito bites! Just eat it and it will help you, yeah ummm, we get the ingredients from the ummmmm, the Nile river, trust us, it works?
Epic bruh moment
HAHAHAHAHA!
@@StaleDoritoCrumb The evidence is uhmmmm- just trust this random book we took a paragraph out of! Just trust us, it totally works and is very reliable-
that mom that liked that it was gluten free probably can't even explain to you what gluten is
Alexander Novak me
@Alexander Novak what is it
lol, ur probably right
Some children might be allergic to gluten...
Eileen Murray her child is probably allergic to gluten.
Why can't my American news be this exciting? Instead all it is is, "Trump this. Trump that" but investigative journalism? Dateline is around but not like this. Good job neighbors up north!
Aaron Wilt Jr. too busy lying and hiding the truth to save face.
Because all the news agencies in the US are a bunch of liberal cry babies
Lol this is Canada for you
Its because we actually want to better ourselves. Shots fired
Thanks friend!
I'm a chemist, so I buy such products based on their chemical composition, not brand name. That means generics. By the way, some name brands of aspirin (acetylysalicylic acid) contain caffeine (it enhances its analgesic properties). So you can get the same effect by taking generic aspirin and drinking a couple cups of coffee.
Clyde Wary I dont speak nerd 🤓 but I’m a nerd 🤓
Clyde Wary yes! I just recently learned this. Very scary for someone who doesn't know it and is sensitive to caffiene
Clyde Wary thank you for pointing that out! I was wondering why my meds weren’t working...
I never buy by the brand name either, I always check what I’m actually buying, especially after recently having an allergic reaction after taking something which had aspirin and caffeine in.
Generic is honestly the same as the big name brands. I just take those too since it’s cheaper and contains the same ingredients.
I think we all learned a lesson here: Always check the active ingredient.
“Fevers aren’t good”
For the record, fevers are capable of heating the body’s temperature up so the bad bacteria can’t grow. Like all things, it gets bad when it’s too much.
wow no kidding,, i think thats why its called a fever duhhhhh
Fevers are pretty bad, for every 0.5C increase your CO2 production increases about 7% give or take that's the big worry about fevers. I do agree that it's one of the body's mechanisms to protect itself but the CO2 production can get scary if the fever is pretty high
@@faizal4655 fevers are only bad if they increase beyond a safe temperature. mild fevers are safe, and are needed as its part of your body's immune response. severe fevers can cause damage to tissues though and so need to be medicated or monitored by a doctor.
In pregnant women, fevers can cause miscarriage or birth defects including heart, lung and brain damage. Fevers can be a big deal, depends on your circumstances.
@@faizal4655 increasing co2 production is definitely NOT the issue with fevers wtf are you talking about.
"Definitely the gluten free" do people even know what gluten is??
Jason Foulks ikr?? What medicine has gluten. I have celiac and have yet to have an issue w a drug that has gluten LMAO
At this point gluten is just a trend for basic white girls
I find all kinds of foods that wouldn’t have gluten in them in the first place advertised as gluten-free. It’s ridiculous. I think people who really need gluten-free products will know what kind of things will have gluten in them and which shouldn’t
"GET YOUR GLUTEN FREE WATER! NO PRESERVATIVES EITHER!"
Gluten is a bonding agent that is actually in medications, some people with celiac have to avoid certain ones because of it. It’s a natural bonder so I’d imagine it’s pretty popular?
Thank to market place for exposing how ridiculous this is. It's an embarrassment that this is even happening.
Ayyyy NIGHTON rearranges as NOTHING
Joshua Potts Lol it does XD
naconaco1 🤔 hmmm nope Nighton does rearrange to nothing *SO YOU’RE WRONG*
naconaco1 Fix your grammar buddy before making fun of someone
@@naconaco1 They said rearrange, not flipped haha
That’s the point...
DAMN. I really hope that journalist got paid well.
Homeopathic: where the apparent “medicine” gets stronger each time it’s diluted 😂
Pharmaceutical drugs: where the risks far outweigh the claimed benefits but those financially benefiting from them don't have to warn you of the risks.
Mommy2Malykai because placebos are so great, right?
Mommy2Malykai have you heard of capitalism? I’m sorry but in these homeopathic medicines there’s usually one atom or none of the plant juice in the medicine.
@@Living4YHWH Spoken like a person privileged enough not to need medication to LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.
@@Living4YHWH lol at the very least you have to do clinical and non clinical trials where you test the product on multiple people and animals and then you approve it. much better then just taking a picture of some book and getting approval.
This really bothers me. To know that Health Canada basically doesn't give a crap about the products it licenses. And as a mother of 2 kids under 6, I find it even more worrisome that the products I THOUGHT were safe for my kids, might not be. When you have a baby, or a toddler, in pain, running a fever, or battling a cold, you want to have SOMETHING safe you can give them. I guess that something won't be from the drug store...
If you really want to be appalled, check out the videos for Mozi-Q. I made complaints to Health Canada and the Advertising Standards Council when they came out because they were implying that Mozi-Q can help prevent Malaria, Lyme Disease, Dengue and Yellow fever among other insect and arthropod-borne diseases. With no tests for efficacy except a reference in a book that the flower repels insects (an amazing claim since it is insect-pollenated)!
The low standard is very appalling. Health Canada should mandate the product packaging to say "Health Canada approval does not guanantee effectiveness."
You could give them proven effective remedies for fever. Like ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or advil (ibuprofen is the most effective, iirc). Most of those come in children's versions for much lower doses.
When you're dealing with fever, you shouldn't really mess around with products that may or may not be effective. *Everybody* knows that OTC pain medications work. Don't feed them more than the maximum daily dosage, and make sure you don't give them other remedies that include the same ingredient (cough, allergy, etc medications).
THEYRE PLACEBOS
Get a passport and go to usa
whats even worse the license is still valid
Instead interviewing, this is more fun and informative
@@warmpianist great job health Canada
It’s still active
Wow
That’s crazy, you’d think they’d have figure it out by now
Does anyone else want to make their own medicine for a fuck ton of cash?
+Tristan Sommerman No, I think it's disgusting. I hate people who scam just to make money, and feel like I'd be tearing civilization apart if some useless thing was popular.
I can't believe those dragons didn't know what homeopathy was, nor other things.
MsHojat Please take a joke/ I'm way too lazy to do this.
there is a company that is already made billions doing something similar , its called apple
Apple isn't selling non-functional product though. I hate Apple, but they are still making their own product, and the product works well too.
why people keep telling me iphone works well and every person i know that has one , they all complain about it , i like when they erase google maps and everyone lost their bookmarks and it was a mess ...., people have an iphone just to say they have it ...
the camerawork on this show is insane.
Yeah, It is really weird to have a second camera shooting your other camera.......Just a really odd choice.
Wait, is Dragons Den pretty much Canadian Shark Tank ? 😂
yep
Not pretty much - exactly.
There's also the original Dragons Den from the UK.
No it's the other way around! Another first for Canada! :)
PeterK -V Actually Dragon's Den started in Japan and both the Canadian version and the US version, which for some reason is called Shark Tank, are a part of that franchise
That's totally scary and absolutely outrageous. How incompetent is Health Canada!!! I had bought similar products for my kids!!!
I agree. Since Health Canada cannot guarantee effectiveeess, companies should be banned from advertising as if it were effective.
That's homeopathy for you.....
I don't even live in Canada and this is actually really interesting
I never saw (until the end) that night on was meant to mean "nothing" on purpose, just jumbled up. I see what you did there. I actually enjoy this channel even though I am in the US.
I love your play with letters. I like doing stuff like that... Well done you and well done me to spot it. ha ha ha
It's disgusting. Health Canada should be ashamed of themselves.
I don’t know why I watched this, but I did.
Same 😂 I have no kids. Currently on a marketplace binge
More incredibly, if you look up their DIN-HM number... _it's still listed as active!_
One thing I noticed whilst watching was the license number. NPN and DIM - HM. After looking on Health Canada's site (I'm from the UK fyi), these are reserved for non medically certified products, their natural (NPN) and Homeopathic (DIN - HM) certified. After looking for Tylenol, a medically certified product, the license number just begin DIN (Drug Identification Number). This seems to be an easy way to tell how they are certified when looking on the shelf but this is just from a cursory look through the information and someone may have a better way of making sure your getting something medically approved.
I don't live in canada but I am alarmed by that. I do like the nighton to nothing.
The FDA in the US does similar things with supplements. There are no regulations on supplements. They can claim that they supply 100% of your daily intake of x but they are not required to include what they advertise. They might supply 1% or less.
wow that is scary thanks for the info. :)
@@kingjames4886 Not quite! Depends on how conscientious a company is! St John's Wart bottles, for example, had been shown to contain various amounts! Some contained other plants, contaminants, etc!
Buy only from well-researched, reputable companies! Worth to pay a bit more!
For example, the Webber company produces substandard products of vitamins, etc!
I thought the Nighton commercial was actually a CZcams advertisement.
In the U.S, such "natural" remedies have to carry a disclaimer that they are not FDA approved for treating any illness. But in the long run, Canadians may be better off. The FDA approval process involves testing that's so costly, many effective drugs never make it to market, and those that do are often very expensive. It's well known that Canadian drugs are much cheaper than their U.S. equivalents.
I think the US system is so costly because people are on their own. Who has more power? An individual person or a giant entity with billions of dollars of business who can demand what they want? If you factor in the government spending and personal spending the US spends more on health care than any country in the world yet they visit the dr far less (likely due to cost concerns) than other countries. So in a sense mandatory insurance could drive costs down as insurance companies are cheap and will fight to save every dime they can from a health company. At the same time the reason a lot of this failed in the US is because lots of Dr's declared themselves "out of program" or if hospitals or other entities feel they aren't paid enough by insurance they can make you pay the balance. So if this is the case the hospitals, Dr's, and pharmaceutical companies still have the power to overcharge. If they had to simply deal with an insurance company they'd have to charge a more reasonable rate. If insurance is only willing to pay 3000 for example hospital either has to take it or refuse to honor the insurance company which costs them countless clients using that insurance. So they're not going to decline if they make a profit on 3000 for example. But without insurance company fighting why not charge 5000 and make even more money? Or if the government has a health program they'd negotiate better rates with these entities. Thats the benefit to not being a single client.
Yeah cause influencers tricked their fans into buying arsenic claiming it's natural.
@@ThatBoldStatement the insurance will charge you on the premium to "fight for a lower fee for you", so the Dr's get less money but the insurance will get more money to pay their CEO and the shareholders
Wow... so basically anyone could make medication in canada
Not "medication" but "homeopathic medication", because they don't have to play by the same rules when it comes to applying for a license
I almost cried when the parents talked about nighton because they just want to help their children in the safest way possible and don't want to expose them to anything harmful but the truth is its snake oil, how could health Canada let this happen??
I have an insect repentant you eat its called garlic
Also works on vampires.
It repels people too.
Then I should never get bitten with all the garlic in me hahaha
+J Allen Vampire too
I concur. It especially worked on my obnoxious "basic bro friend" from high school I still barely know. I saw him recently after I had dinner (chicken with garlic sauce from Spanish restaurant); he just asked how I was and after I said I was good, he just said "Ok great seeing you man" and ran off. I knew his eyes must've been *watering* from my breath. Luckily my girlfriend knew my breath was bad, so she wasn't mad at me.
NO, NO, NO, NO! A fever in and of itself is not a bad thing. It is a good thing because it shows that the body's immune system is working. In fact, the medical community does not consider a person to have a fever until the temperature reaches 100.4F. A person's temperature rises normally through the day due to hormones and other body processes. Most people have temps in the 99.0F area by 4-6 o'clock in the evening. The body temperature then drops back to baseline overnight and then starts all over again. So, a temperature reading of 99.9F at 8 a.m. is going to be looked at differently by those in medicine than a temperature of 99.9F at 5 p.m. but 99.0F is still not considered a fever. The goal of a fever-reducing medication is not to bring the temperature down to a normal (average) 98.6F but to bring the temperature down by at least 1/2 of a degree within 1 hour after administering the appropriate weight-based dosage. Yes, an appropriate WEIGHT-BASED DOSAGE. You cannot give a 75 lb child the same dose as a 24 lb child and think that acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) is going to have any real effect on the heavier child. Any pharmacist can provide you with the appropriate weight-based dose of these medications for your child over the phone if you ask them (make sure you know the child's weight before you call, obviously). Now if you have a newborn or your child has other health issues then that child's pediatrician might tell you to call him/her if the child has a temperature of 99.5F or above (an example). When unsure, ask the pediatrician. Also, never ever wipe a child down with rubbing alcohol (an old wives tale) because it is toxic. Do not bundle up a child with a fever; that heat needs to escape so one layer of lightweight clothing and a light blanket is enough. If you give a child with a fever a bath, make sure the water is tepid but warm enough that the child does not shiver. Shivering is the body's way of raising temperature so if the water is too cold, the child will shiver and the temperature may end up being higher after the bath than before it. Lots of fluids is a must in a child who has a fever and what they drink isn't necessarily as important as the fact that they consuming liquids but water, milk, formula (in children who are still using it), and small amounts of juice are usually fine in the absence of diarrhea and vomiting. I hope I've helped some of you. I've been an ER RN most of my life and if I can help parents understand what does and does not constitute a true emergency I feel like I've done my job for the day.
I can't get over how NERDY the dr is... omg
Is...his voice changing tho?
I think he just hit puberty
I dont think he even did......
David A id trust him tho
My doctor is like that. It’s weird
I know this is supposed to be serious and all, but as a person who loves chemistry, the lab part at 2:52 killed me 😂 It looks like they just put Phenolphalein in a basic mixture 😂😂
AlexThePotato r/iamverysmart
Same
When the Nighton commercial started I thought it was another CZcams ad 😂🤣 I was like oh not again haha
I had to watch a ad before I could watch the nighton comercial
Hahaha same
Adapt FPV lol
My ad showed up during their ad
Adapt FPV same
Same
Shows they don't care about your health,only your money
Dumb comment I regret making
Ivan Pascuttini Do you even live here? It’s free up to a CERTAIN point. There are many areas where it’s not free and in every province they are many charges that you may not be aware of because you don’t live there and assuming it’s ALL of Canada that benefits when it’s not.
Just like every other marketing technique. We feel so good to say our healthcare is free not realizing there is a limit and not everyone benefits from the same benefits your province may have.
secure.cihi.ca/free_products/HCC_CMWF_Bulletin_8_Eng.pdf
@@thecommonfool2110 lmao dude what does that have to do with over the counter meds?
21:00 the interviewer looks so crushed that she can’t talk to the health minister
marketplace is awesome!
If the judge ruled that Health Canada is to blame, rather than the manufacturer -which is what was indirectly said- then he should sue health Canada for not doing what they're claiming to do. The judge is right in the sense that Health Canada does say that it ensures the effectiveness of their homeopathic and natural products, so they should get sued for it and hopefully cut that bit out of their statement.
While I certainly think that Health Canada should get their act together, these homeopathic remedies making effectiveness claims should not have the problem offset to Health Canada. That would be like blaming the police officer for not arresting someone at first when someone commits a crime later.
The Judge should realize that *while Health Canada claims to ensure effectiveness, they don't actually do so*, making the fact that it's approved by HC meaningless. I don't understand why the judge ignored that.
+MsHojat remember judge is also a government job, if the judge stir too much with another government agency because of his/her conscious, he/she won't be able to advance his/her career too much/at all, worst case scenario, he/she can lose his/her only job...
Are you a lawyer?? lol
I have new respect for this woman. I can’t even get one bite without being miserable.
I dig the Doctor's tie...and let me tell you, with a tie like that you can be rest assured he knows what he is talking about. Take heed Canada!
I'm an US pharmacist. Homeopathic and dietary supplement products here aren't required to show high standard evidence of efficacy and safety, as required for prescription drugs. These products don't work at all, and contain 99.99999% water. Sure the claims are 100% safe, natural, and no side effects. It's true, just like water. Even tab water here is only 99.95% pure. The only reason these are on the market is because there's a small group of people who passionately believe in them due to the placebo effect and bad science, and still buy them regardless of expert's opinion. That's why pharmacies still sell these due to the existing demand, to provide an option for these people who don't want real drugs.
Brian RX amen
Pharmaceutical drugs are FREQUENTLY recalled due to the dangers they present (while the same isn't true for natural remedies) so tell me again how great that Big Pharma testing is!
I’m from Taiwan, and I used to work at a cosmetic factory. In order to sell an effective whitening product, I have to apply for a cosmetic drug permit.
For that I need to have test results from a third party lab to prove the percentage of the effective ingredient and also submit the packaging design and ingredient list (with percentage)
to our FDA.
The FDA will reject or alter my application if I have strong misleading words or if the ingredient test result isn’t in the effective standard.
That’s for cosmetics, so I’m pretty sure our medicine permits also need the same procedure.
So this is really shocking for me that Canada drug permits are so easy to get ! It’s even something you ingest!
Im so obsessed with this show XD
You guys are so awesome
No, these Canadian people are not talking about PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS (even those Over The Counter).
They're talking about HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES and SUPPLEMENTS, which doesn't need much approval (I suspect that it is even worse in Taiwan with the amount of ILLEGAL PRODUCT slipping through, like in most Asian countries).
In both The States and Canada there are rules for COSMETICS about having to submit lists of ingredients and check if they're not TOXIC. In Europe there seem to be far more rules and a far longer list of PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES.
stops fever
side effects: fever
3:20 Is that a tree in a revolving door? XD
*canadians*
Darn! I've been buying Boiron brands for my kids and they're not cheap. I'm probably giving them sugar and water😏😠
Amee C Thought they had "free" medicine. You mean you have to buy your medicine from a pharmacy?
Virginia Connor free healthcare doesn’t mean free OTC meds
Pretty much the definition of a placebo
Wait, so you've been feeding your children something that you don't know what it is?
Virginia Connor boi if you don’t know what you’re talking about why comment
THIS is journalism. They didn't just believe what some rando's said, they go out and do their own damn research, they talk to professionals. Amazing job
That anagram at the end is genius
I'd love for such public investigations to be happening in Europe. These CBC series are really entertaining and worrying at the same time.
Sue the companies for false advertising and then a class action lawsuit at Health Canada.
Same is true for the US. A lot of lawsuits happen against homeopathic and natural remedies, but usu its after people are harmed or realize they've spent a lot on a product which doesn't meet stated claims.
A lot of them now have health disclaimers and are labeled as nutritional supplements, to slide under the medicine radar.
I have met many of Homeopaths, Ayurvedachayrs & Allopathic practitioners. I am a Pharmacist as well. One day i confronted my would be homeopath MD wife about the medicine that you see on shelves as OTC, that they never work, just like in this video. To which she said "They never will, at least not because of their homeopathic nature, I never prescribed them". I was surprised at this honest answer and asked " So, Why they are there" she replied "Because of consumerism." and added "These OTC homeopathy medicine are actually against the principle of homeopathy itself"... (btw now we are married for abt. 5 years now :D )
My mother almost died from an anaphalactic reaction to oscilloccinum. It was not printed anywhere on their box about possible side effects.
Its hard to tell if Dragons Den is ripping off Shark Tank, or Shark Tank is ripping off Dragons Den.
+TheCyberQuake
That format of show originated in Japan as a show called _Money Tigers_. _Dragon's Den_ originated in the UK.
It seems to be pretty much like American Idol in the sense that it's the same sort of show spread over the whole world in more countries than a person can typically count.
It started in Canada before the US.
There's no ripping off, they're all just making shows with the same concept under license.
As long as it isn’t dangerous, it should be allowed and up to the consumer to investigate
Who would buy something "natural" with "no side effects"? You don't get something for nothing...
I live in America, and when I was a kid in the 70s, if I had a really bad cough, my mom gave me Vick's formula 44d- the best cough syrup ever made. It's been discontinued, or changed for a long time :(
pffff silly canadians
**chugs NyQuil**
This woman deserves an award for her commitment to journalism
Or a paycheck for her big pharma bias!
can we talk about how ridiculous it is to put a tree in a door
Gotta love Canada. It’s like they’re not even a real country. But I will admit they have some of the best investigative reporting
Three years later, have there been any improvements? I would hope Health Canada stepped their game up after this, but I have a feeling they didn't.
Do your own research, folks. Don't look at hippie blogs, look for hard science. And talk to your doctor, even if it's just over the counter medicine.
I don't remember where I heard this, but "Alternative medicine that works is called medicine."
OMG!! This is BS! Parents with young kids NEED to watch this.. CBC Marketplace is AWESOME!!!
So they can rush out to buy toxic pharmaceuticals which will be recalled in two years for killing and maiming their children?!
So you’re telling me that if I go to Canada I can make my own medicine and make money 🤔
no
I agree it's to easy to get approved but to say that it disproves all natural remedies is wrong
That's not the point. The point is that if homeopaths wanted their meds on the shelves, they should have to prove wirh real test trials that it actually works, which they don't have to do
@@greatdanelegend7001 And pharmaceutical drugs should have to be proven SAFE before being sold but THEY'RE NOT!
3:25 is that Bonzi buddy's voice?
Yes
Ok im a very kind and caring person but he coulda easily voiced bonzibuddy. No insult, just factz.
Sounds kinda like Carl from Jimmy Neutron
The doctor voice sounded like he was sick
Me:Here take some nighton
Lol i don’t even live in Canada, yet I’m super intrigued and I’m watching all of this
I live in Australia and I love this Canadian "market"video and the things that CBC produces. I am going back to the United States and I should go to Canada to learn some more!!!
Error:404 medicine not found
3:19 Those poor trees must be so dizzy.... O_O
WhiskersMctabby but, there cant be a tree carnival without a merry go round!
WhiskersMctabby made my day :D
I love Erika Johnson! She really looks angry when she doesn't get an interview...plus she actually subjected herself to 130 mosquito bites !
I was screaming at the mosquitoes the entire time.
*faints*
Good job Erica for helping consumers make better decisions
“Alright Cassandra your just gonna pour the water into the water. And say something smart”
“Make a joke while your at it Cassandra.”
in the EU there are even stricter regulations
for example (ibuprofen)
they must release what is inside, and then you can see
(made up ingredients)
25 gram contains
5 gram salt
9gram sugar (corn)
11 grams wheat flour
these ingredients are the same for name brand and regular no brand (the name of the shop)
thus in other words they are exact the same product
but the only difference is:
no brand cost 2$ for 20 pills
while
brand cost 10$ for 20 pills
this makes those mad scientists you see in movies or tv shows, conducting illegal human experiments for a cure that will change mankind, a good person.
5:03 yes, school is a headache. Finally a substance that addresses that.
This is true journalism. If in a 1st world country like Canada it is easy like that, I think that it's the same or even worse here in South America. Great job.
Why not use real honey, lemon and ginger, in warm water...? I don't use any homeopathic stuff, but I give my kids the real stuff... 🍋🐝🌱
HIGHLANDER Right, but there's also nothing wrong with being able to buy a pre-mixed bottle of honey, lemon, and ginger for convenience when your kid has a cold, especially if you like to try the least invasive product first. But these people seem to think you shouldn't be allowed to buy it because it isn't a strong pharmaceutical.
The shade that doctor was throwing 😂
The regulation of complementary medicines varies around the world. For example the US FDA requires that such products carry a disclaimer saying that they have not been tested for safety and efficacy. Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration, on the other hand, does require evidence of safety but does not regulate the efficacy of so-called listed medicines as opposed to registered medicines which must show evidence for claims made. In Australia you might get Nighton listed, but you would certainly not be able to claim that it reduces pain and fever. In Australia a listed medicine must not make claims or imply that it will be useful in the treatment or prevention of serious illnesses that would require the involvement of a health professional.
See www.tga.gov.au/community-qa/listed-medicines-role-australias-medicines-regulator
The doctor’s voice sounds like he’s mid-puberty.
Great investigative reporting! I will now be reading labels and researching products before I give anything to my child.
Wait Mr. Wonderful is on a Canadian Shark Tank too?
He was born in Canada, so ya.
Our next middle school project: making our own medicine recipe to legislate through health Canada! This should be an easy A folks.
Its called placebo effect
I searched the number on the Health Canada website and actually found the product
has it killed any children like Tylenol cough syrup has ?
Oh no, don't bring reality into it. These anti-natural remedy people want to pretend their precious drugs are safe. You'll burst their delusion balloon!
It drives me crazy that Health Canada's Natural Product Number regulation system has come to this.
0:51 🤣🤣 i thought she said she spent 2.4 Billion in the drug store 🤣🤣
Legit mosquito challenge. That's commitment
If your sick playing games at home is better than going to school My teacher said so.
You can't buy actual cough suppressant for children over the counter in Canada. Only magic potions.
Thanks for those educational series. It is good to know.
U can also sell coccaine indirectly in Canadian pharmacies. I don’t know how true it is but this particular scene is showing that
Vary cleaver NIGHTON NOTHING
Did you see that revolving door, I'm telling you everything is better in Canada
Actually my country enforces medicines that have the active drug printed on top of the brand of the medicine. e.g. [Paracetamol] Tempra
The Noobness What country do you live in?Please tell
I live in the Phillippines.
Yes but these are not medicine, that's why they are not at a strict approval. In most developed country's when you sell Ibuprofen a medicine it needs to follow very strict rules. Homeopath doesn't it's bollocks..
A good way to tell is to look at the ingredients. If there are no medicinal ingredients listed, be skeptical. If the quantities are either absent or low for the medicinal ingredients, be skeptical.
If you see something you don't recognize/know, look up what it is and what it does.
But at the end of the day... in my experience consuming a shitton of garlic works better than any cold medicine. You can even buy garlic pills if you don't want to eat a bunch of garlic cloves.