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Herbal And Nutrient Complementary Medicines For Weight Loss: Community Pharmacists’ Practices, Attitudes, Recommendations, Information And Education Needs, Meng-Wong Taing, Eunice Tze Xin Tan, Gail Williams, Alexandra Clavarino, Treasure Mcguire
Herbal And Nutrient Complementary Medicines For Weight Loss: Community Pharmacists’ Practices, Attitudes, Recommendations, Information And Education Needs, Meng-Wong Taing, Eunice Tze Xin Tan, Gail Williams, Alexandra Clavarino, Treasure Mcguire
Treasure McGuire
Objectives To investigate pharmacists’ herbal/nutrient weight loss complementary medicine (WLCM)practices in the context of other pharmacistweight management support practices (provision of lifestyle advice, orlistat and meal replacement treatments); and gain insight into their attitudes, recommendations, information and education needs. Methods Pharmacists from a randomly selected sample of 214 community pharmacies fromdifferent socioeconomic areas in the Greater Brisbane region, Australia, were invited to complete a survey to explore their weight management practices, with a specific focus on herbal/nutrient WLCM practices. Data collected from the sample group represented pharmacist practices within the metropolitan Greater Brisbane region. Key findings This survey achieved a …