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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

You know what pisses me off so much about this? These people prey on ill people who believe the "big pharma" conspiracies. Yeah, drug developers are shitty and shouldn't profit off illness, but get this: the shit that gets developed FUCKING WORKS and has evidence behind it. None of the supplements that steer people away from EFFECTIVE treatment have reliability or validity evidence, because if they did, they would be a part of the legitimate pharmaceutical industry. Not only does the supplements industry fail to provide any sort of relief or treatment, but they ACTIVELY drive people away from EFFECTIVE care.

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OK, some of this is in my research field, so I can tell you exactly what that pill is. "Spermidine 3HCL, Resveratrol, Turmeric Extract , Berberine HCL, Green Tea Extract, Red Wine Extract, Grapeseed Extract, Dandelion Extract, L-Ornithine Hydrochloride, Black Pepper" are all standard ingredients in "anti-aging" (resveratrol is a known epigenetic drug, it is believed to be part of the "mediterranean diet" benefit as it is derived from red wine) and "anti-inflammatory" supplements, so what he did was repurpose some supplement that's already out there, relabel it as "anti-shedding" and charge 10 times the prices.

It might be something like this, which has all those compounds and costs $20. https://www.amazon.com/Resveratrol-6000mg-Berberine-Extract-Quercetin/dp/B0BTTZ41JB

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