廣告藥品品質調查

SURVEY ON THE QUALITY OF ADVERTISING DRUGS

今日台灣經濟高度成長，國民財富日趨豐裕，然而國人「有病吃藥治病，無病吃藥補身」的錯誤用藥觀念仍舊根深蒂固，致使我們被譏為世界上最愛吃藥的民族。近年來藥品廣告泛濫，部份廠家更是極盡能事的大肆吹噓，在未能明察事實又難抵廣告誘人之魅力下，因輕信其所標榜神奇之醫療效果而懵懂購買者大有人在。為維護消費者的權益，本局於七十五年七月至七十六年六月間赴全省各地藥局、藥房抽購並兼以郵政劃撥或電話等聯絡方式價購曾經出現於電影院、電視、廣播電台、報章雜誌、宣傳海報、月曆…等傳播媒體的各類廣告藥品（包括中藥製劑30件，維他命製劑27件、外用製劑25件、胃腸藥製劑23件、感冒藥製劑19件、解熱鎮痛劑10件、維他命荷爾蒙製劑4件、眼藥水4件、過敏疾患治療劑3件、鎮咳祛痰劑2件、荷爾蒙製劑1件，其他製劑2件計150件），西藥部份就其品質（依藥典或本局有關文獻資料作一般檢查、主成分之鑑別及含量測定），中藥部份依本局有關文獻資料就其是否羼加有關效能之西藥成分進行檢驗，藉以所得結果，喚醒消費者的警覺意識。在150件檢體當中不符合規定者4件（包括維他命製劑1件、感冒糖漿2件及外用清潔消毒劑l件）；不合格率為抽購總件數的2.67%（見附表）。

Today in Taiwan many people take medicine have to cure the disease or to strengthen the body. In the recent years, our society are flooded with the advertisements of the drugs. In order to protect the consumers' rights and benefits, this Bureau sent men to all the places in this Province in the period from July 1986 to June 1987 to buy the advertising drugs and then to engage in the inspection of the drugs quality. It resulted that 4 from 150 inspected units were not corresponding with the regulations. The ratio of unqualified units will be 2.67%.