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Monash University senior research fellow Dr Alice Owen, an author on the study, said all the supplements were approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as safe for normal use in Australia, but they did not have to prove that the product was effective.
âThey donât necessarily regulate how well they work,â she said. âThey are definitely very safe, there are no safety concerns about taking complementary medicine but they may not be very effective.â
Owen said the high rates of complementary medicine use in this age group raised concerns that older Australians, who may be living on a fixed or low income, may be buying ineffective complementary medicine at the expense of evidence-based treatment options.
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