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Table 7 Responses of physicians and pharmacists to adverse events among their patients

From: Behaviors of consumers, physicians and pharmacists in response to adverse events associated with dietary supplement use

 

Physicians

Pharmacists

 

n

%

n

%

P-value

Advice to stop using dietary supplements immediately

110

84.0

76

75.2

0.137

Nothing apart from a follow-up

32

24.4

24

23.8

1.000

Ask patients to report to other institutes by themselves

14

10.7

19

18.8

0.117

Ask manufacturers about their products

5

3.8

19

18.8

<0.001

Report to public health centers

11

8.4

12

11.9

0.510

Report to the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan or other consumer affairs centers

4

3.1

6

5.9

0.455

Report to the Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan

1

0.8

1

1.0

-

Others

4

3.1

3

2.3

-

  1. Physicians (n = 131), Pharmacists (n = 101), P-values were calculated using the χ 2 test