A selection of some of CRN’s recent quotes and published bylines

“Research shows that supplement users engage in a constellation of healthy practices and are higher educated than non-supplement users. We believe that supplement users want to play an active role in identifying ways to stay healthy and live longer, and they are looking for doctors to be partners, sharing their knowledge but being open to a patient’s interest in a healthcare paradigm that goes beyond an over-reliance on pharmaceuticals as the only means to stay healthy.”

—from a bylined article by CRN’s Steve Mister, appearing in NewHope.com’s “IdeaXchange”, “Consumers and physicians should talk openly about supplements, not in the limited conversation JAMA suggests”

Drugs Store News, NutraIngredients.com and “The Tan Sheet” also quote Mr. Mister in coverage of JAMA’s Patient Page, quoting from CRN’s statement

 

 

“The standardized protocols can make supply chain management much easier...Change control is simplified, and on the suppliers’ end, compliance is made easier. Back in the day and still to a large degree, each manufacturer has its own set of requirements for information from suppliers...”

—CRN’s Duffy MacKay discusses the SIDI Workgroup supplier qualification guidelines in a NutraIngredients.com article, “Efforts to standardize documentation practices detailed at UNPA meeting”

“The paper adds to our understanding of research of MVM, and supports their role in filling nutrient gaps, and for various lifestages and aging. It also reinforces the safety for both the general healthy population and for vulnerable populations.”

—CRN’s Andrea Wong, NutraIngredients.com, “Multivitamins can safely improve nutrient supply and overcome problems of inadequacy” on a new paper in Nutrition that concluded: “MVM are safe at physiological doses (100% DRI) in the short and the long term, whereas adverse effects may occur if single vitamins at high doses are consumed

 

“68% of American adults use dietary supplements. This percentage has remained consistent for the past 5 years, showing no indication that consumers will lose interest anytime soon. Despite recent bad press, 84% of supplement users remain confident in their safety and efficacy. 76% of supplement users visit their doctor regularly, as opposed to only 67% of non-users. Find out more about what your patients are taking and why here.”

—CRN 2015 Consumer Survey, highlighted by Modern Healthcare Practitioner

 

 

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