Eskişehir Şehir Hospital Ear Nose and Throat Department Specialist and Sleep Center Supervisor Prof. Dr. Vural Fidan, who warned about herbal or pharmaceutical products that sleep diseases access over the internet, said, “The uncontrolled use of different herbal and pharmaceutical products supplied over the internet can definitely cause problems.”
Sleep diseases, which are common today, negatively affect human life. Daily life, work and social life can be negatively affected due to sleep problems. Although it is recommended that people with sleep problems apply to sleep physicians, many patients use herbal and pharmaceutical products over the internet. Uncontrolled use of products purchased from the internet can cause problems rather than treatment.
“Herbal and pharmaceutical products supplied over the internet can cause problems”
Stating that the products that patients struggling with sleeping sickness will buy from the internet and use uncontrollably pose a danger, Prof. Dr. Vural Fidan said, “Both the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders are carried out by sleep physicians. Of course, it can sometimes be difficult to access sleep physicians for sleep-related problems. It may be possible for people to get information over the internet, which is easier, or to supply and use different products, sometimes herbal, sometimes pharmaceutical, over the internet. But the fact that these are uncontrolled can definitely cause problems.”
“The information provided by the Ministry of Health must be followed”
Stating that it is of great importance that the products accessed from the internet are under the control of the Ministry of Health and that patients should consult sleep physicians, Eskişehir City Hospital Otorhinolaryngology Department Specialist and Sleep Center Supervisor Prof. Dr. Vural Fidan used the following statements:
“Because the products we call medicines must be approved by the Ministry of Health. There are medical products, sometimes we also come across them. These products must also be certified by the Ministry of Health. Because they should not harm the person first and then they should be beneficial. For this reason, it is absolutely necessary to comply with the information provided by the Ministry of Health. If all our patients have sleep problems, we recommend that they consult with sleep physicians sooner or later.”
