Dietary supplements are completely unregulated. Nobody except the guy filling the actual capsules knows what's in them. The label could say ginseng and the capsule could be filled entirely with wood ash, ground lead, and dehydrated toe cheese. There's nobody checking any of it before it hits a store shelf.
That isn't completely accurate but supplement regulation is for sure far more limited than regulations over medications. Under-regulated is probably a better term for it. DSHEA added a lot of regulations that didn't exist prior to 1994 but there is a long way to go for supplements to be as clearly regulated as medications in the US.
No, those are supplements the bottle should say that the claims on the bottle are not according to the FDA. You really do not know what's in your vitamins.
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u/DorkHonor Jul 06 '26
Dietary supplements are completely unregulated. Nobody except the guy filling the actual capsules knows what's in them. The label could say ginseng and the capsule could be filled entirely with wood ash, ground lead, and dehydrated toe cheese. There's nobody checking any of it before it hits a store shelf.