Why you should avoid ordering supplements

I highly recommend that you do NOT order supplements, medicine, or vitamins. Basically do not order anything that makes a medical or health claim of any type. Why?

Because you cannot review them in any meaningful way. You cannot:

report that a product improved you health.

report that it made you feel better/worse.

got rid of a headache, or even heartburn/acid reflux.

helped get rid of pain in any form.

cured you.

gave you a hard on. 

grew hair.

make any claims whatsoever. 

This is not Amazons policy (amazon does not care) this is the FDA's policy in the United States.

All you can do is describe the color, taste, smell, packaging, ease of consuming, and that's about it. It's hard to be insightful with these constraints.

other reasons to avoid ordering supplements are:

Snake oil products that make absurd claims or hint at claims.

fake products.

unknown ingredients.

undeclared ingredients/allergens.

Many products will have misleading labels, fake addresses, companies, phone numbers, and websites. False claims of certification and testing. Supposedly pharmaceuticals made in india are safe, as well as cosmetics made in south korea, but beware that this is not something you want to mess with unless you know a brand or can confirm with third parties that a product is what it says it is. 

Basically where meds, and vitamins are involved don't order them if you are not familiar with the brand already. 

According to information gleaned from Amazon hosted forums sellers must submit proof that a supplement/medicine is certified and tested, but amazon does not appear to verify these certificates.

The temptation is high to order supplements, medicines, and vitamins because they have zero Estimated Tax Value (ETV) which means that you can up your numbers without the added tax burden. But if you are not prepared to review them properly, and do not mind consuming who knows what, then do not order them. You will often have just seconds to decide whether to order something, and no time at all to read the description or do any verification of who really makes it. So skip it. This is too bad for the sellers but your health is more important than being able to (maybe) order a laptop full of spyware in the future. The safest thing is to let them go.

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