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A product sold as "protamin" is sold as an anti aging supplement. any comment on this?

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Dr. Gurney Pearsall answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Supplements vs Drugs: A drug must show safety and efficacy. In short, they must have proven medical benefits a supplement {ie: protamin} must be safe for consumption. A supplement is classified as a food product. A supplement is not a drug. Therefore, a supplement has no proven medical benefit...That's why supplements must show their disclaimer. I'm not against supplements, but they are not drugs.

Answered 1/16/2014

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Dr. Louise Andrew answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

ProtaNDiM?: I find nothing on Protamin, but Protandim is a supplement that is being sold as such, in a MLM scheme. There's a lot at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protandim, https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/brief-update-protandim/ and http://tonyc.com/protandim/ that would make me hesitate before buying. The ingredients are fine, but the science is lacking, and marketing tactics suspect.

Answered 2/26/2016

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Lacks research but:: Like Dr. Andrews, I am guessing you mean Protandim. Here is their website: http://tinyurl.com/pdy6aqg It sounds impressive and scientific but there is hardly any research on this product and their claims are exaggerated. See http://tinyurl.com/oapcfa9 for a critique. But it has Milk thistle, Bacopa, Ashwagandha, Green tea and Turmeric which all have proven health benefits so it may be beneficial.

Answered 10/26/2015

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Don't waste your: money. No data to back up the claims.

Answered 10/18/2015

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