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Is that supplement safe to take? This AI tool scours research to find out

Is that supplement safe to take? This AI tool scours research to find out

4 years ago
Anonymous $4ckUSNo_FL

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/19/is-that-supplement-safe-to-take-this-ai-tool-scours-research-to-find-out/

Dietary supplements are used by millions who accept the occasionally scarce evidence they help out with some condition or another. But also scarce is documentation of potential harmful interactions with other supplements or drugs. A new tool called Supp.ai looks through years of health research papers to extract potential conflicts that may not be listed anywhere else.

It’s not meant as a fear-mongering anti-supplement thing, though. The simple fact is that supplements don’t face the same regulations, aren’t studied as closely, and have less clinical documentation than prescription drugs. That leaves the door open for scary situations where a little-known supplement has a dangerous interaction with a drug not commonly taken.