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Eating health care products is more than eating, instead of taking medicine, even if the children block it, they will not hesitate to buy it...
On the issue of health care products, what is the way of the elderly who are "waiting to be slaughtered"?
Recently, Ms. Jin, 82 years old in Beijing, listened to the sales and bought a health care product called "all diseases" at a price of 5,000 yuan, but in fact, the purchase price of this health care product was only 9 yuan.
Buying "Miracle Drugs" at a High Price
If it is serious, it will cause death
Some elderly people believe in "spending money on health", and despite the high price of health care products, they are also competing to buy them. But in fact, the so-called "miracle drug" bought back at a high price is likely to be a "fake drug".
In 2017, many communities in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, have emerged a "big salt lake water" health care products, each bottle is priced at more than 1,000 yuan, advertising that "can cure various diseases, the liver is not good to treat the liver, the throat is not good to treat the throat." ”
After investigation, the cost of the so-called "miracle drug" is very low, and to put it bluntly, it is salt boiled water. This "big salt lake water" was identified as a counterfeit drug, the main ingredient is "magnesium", which is the production of raw material "magnesium chloride" purchased by counterfeiting gangs online, and bottled and produced by themselves in a simple basement with substandard sanitary conditions. After taking the "Great Salt Lake Water" oral solution, 41 people had adverse reactions such as diarrhea, sweating, and stomach pain.
Coincidentally, in 2017, Aunt Wang of Beijing was recommended to buy a health care product "Fulong Oral Liquid", which is said to be able to eliminate garbage in the body, delay aging, improve immunity, and treat a variety of difficult and complicated diseases.
Aunt Wang was persuaded to drink 3,000 ml of health care products in one day, more than ten times the recommended dose, and after adverse reactions such as vomiting and diarrhea, the sales staff actually called it a "detoxification" phenomenon, and still recommended that the elderly take a large number of them, resulting in the death of the elderly. In the end, the salesman was sentenced to two years in prison for causing death by negligence.
Last year, Aunt Huang of Guangzhou spent 300,000 yuan to buy health care products as medicines, and the news of the delay in her death caused heated discussion and sadness.
It is reported that after Aunt Huang began to contact health care products 3 years ago, she gradually replaced drugs with health care products, and spent more than 300,000 yuan on health care products in a few years, and the elderly three times a day, three spoonfuls each time, more than eating.
When sorting out health care products, it was found that the oral liquid purchased and taken in large quantities by Aunt Huang before her death claimed to protect blood vessels and prevent stroke.
After investigation, its main ingredients are purified water, and the rest are traditional Chinese medicine and sugars. Doctors said: It has no therapeutic effect on senile diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
cure-all? inexistent
Health supplements only have these 27 kinds of effects
Like Ms. Jin, Aunt Wang, and Aunt Huang, many elderly people buy health care products because they are moved by their effect of "curing various physical discomforts and diseases without medicine". But in fact, according to national regulations, there are 27 types of health care functions of health food, and those that exceed it are considered false propaganda.
It is reported that health food refers to food that claims to have health care functions or is intended to supplement vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, not drugs, and is not intended to treat diseases.
At present, there are 27 main types of health care functions that are allowed to be claimed in health foods, and those beyond these functions are all false propaganda.
Exaggerated words, booing cold and warm, helping children
Elderly people "waiting to be slaughtered"
"Generally not called the old man grandparents, but called uncles and aunts." Because they are younger; health care products can not say health care products, will say "health food", after adding this "food" word, the elderly will easily let down their guard..." a health product salesman said.
In recent years, the incidence of health care product fraud against the elderly has shown an upward trend, and many criminal gangs have carefully fabricated "words" to exaggerate the efficacy of health care products, claiming that health care products can "cure all diseases", specialize in treating "difficult and complicated diseases", and gradually dispel the concerns of the elderly, the only purpose of which is to defraud the elderly of money.
Another staff member broke the news to the media that the company will provide PPT, focusing on the efficacy and formula of health care products, that is, a set of 'words', one is the 'next crisis', exaggerating the condition of the elderly in the lecture, exaggerating the special effects of health care products, what serious consequences will there be if you do not eat this product; one is to give the elderly 'medicine to the symptoms', and all kinds of diseases of the elderly can be cured with this product. After mastering the "art of speech", the company will package them as health care experts, doctors of medicine, professors, experts, consultants, and high-end titles can not be less.
"When the old people become members with cards, they will often contact us, ask for warmth, send some small gifts, and gradually gain good feelings; When the company organizes a 'free tour', we will appear in the accompanying team, take the personal information of the elderly through chat, and find opportunities to tell stories to sell health care products; when the 'doctor experts' want to 'attack the single' for the elderly, we will also cooperate on the side. ”
According to CCTV, Aunt Fang, who buys health care products, will hide health care products in advance when her daughter comes over. Because the health product sales staff said, in case it is discovered by the juniors, they will definitely say that you spend money indiscriminately. In order to prevent family conflicts, it is best to hide them from your family.
When it comes to health care products, you have to argue with your family, saying that this is a life-saving medicine and that you must keep yourself healthy. "My grandmother went to the health product store every day like she went to work, and she had to take leave when she didn't go." Some respondents said helplessly.
Liu Xin, director of the Pharmaceutical Law and Ethics Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, noted that the place where these health care products will be sold is not fixed, and it is often difficult to investigate and collect evidence if there is fraud and other illegal acts.
"They [health product salesmen] will tell the elderly to tear off the label of the health product, which makes it more difficult to obtain evidence." Even if there is a label, it looks like a vitamin, no harm, no effect, no pain, no itch. ”
At a press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security, Chen Shiqu, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, introduced that at present, common health care product scams include: using free eggs, daily necessities, etc., to publicize the health product business to the elderly, and to carry out fraud by selling health care products to defraud deposits; organize so-called "experts" to conduct free "health lectures", conduct free physical examinations for the elderly on the spot, exaggerate the efficacy of products, and sell health care products at high prices for fraud; organize free tourism. Buying health care products at a high price can be invested in shares to defraud the elderly of money.
Sources丨CCTV News, Beijing Daily, CCTV, Life Times, CCTV, etc
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Editor 丨Sun Rui