this is a great question. so many consumers and patients are coming with these type of products to the counter and saying hey can you help me figure out if this is right for me. once again this is an over-the-counter product they are usually in the vitamin and herbal section. we have limited data on whether or not they work. we don't know what they are active ingredients sometimes are. so we want to make sure that patients are really careful about this. one of the things encountering in the diet area is the fact that people who have cardiac conditions or high blood pressure these may not be the right choices for them. once again the physician or healthcare provider needs to see this and evaluate you based on that first before we go and choose any over-the-counter supplement. people might think oh it's just something minor because i just feel like i gained a few pounds of water weight. but that can make a really big difference especially if you have high blood pressure or certain lung disorders like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd all these things kind of come into play. so i really want consumers and patients to understand that we know these products are out there but we want to make sure we make the right choices and education is the best way to go. so ask a question first. and find out if it's the right product for you. they could have an adverse reaction. the other thing is too is that sometimes they contain byproducts that people that may have allergic reactions to; a filler or a salt or a particular root that they found. like a lot of them come with more natural products like leaves or roots from trees and a lot of people are starting to break out from those because they have never been exposed to them before. so once again be really careful about the choices that we are making.
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