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Immune boosters are the new fatal attraction
Updated Jul 4, 2021, 7:19 am IST
People advised to swear by doctor s prescription
A health worker places medicine strips in a formation that reads CORONA . (Photo: PTI)
Hyderabad: Indians have spent Rs. 15 000 crore on immunity boosters, vitamins and supplements during the Covid 19 pandemic yet patients whose condition was severe and critical had no use of these products.
Immune boosters is a broad term and is used for a variety of components and extracts from plants, powdered supplements and juices that are used in those who have a diagnosed deficiency.
There were recommendations on public platforms, which led to high consumption of zinc, B-complex, vitamin D and other so-called immune building products.