A nursing student asks a nurse what the NMBER system that rates dietary supplements means. The nurse responds that the NMBER system:
a. describes the chemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, and uses of supplements.
b. helps consumers evaluate the safety and efficacy of products.
c. provides free information about clinical trials and epidemiologic studies of prod-ucts.
d. provides funding for research on comple-mentary and alternative medicine.
B
The Natural Medicines Brand Evidence-Based Rating (NMBER) system offers evidence-based ratings for over 60,000 supplement products based on scientific evidence of safety and efficacy. Information from this system does not describe the chemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, and uses of the products or describe data from clinical trials. There is a fee for use of this system. The system does not fund research on these products.
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