Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 Hi everybody! Are *vitality boosters* simply dietary supplements? *conventional sleeping aids* are OTC drugs? MTIA Miriam miriales@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2001 Report Share Posted June 11, 2001 Hi, Miriam. At 12:22 10-06-01 +0200, you wrote: >Hi Coilìn, >thanks a million for your swift replies to my queries. I just happened to be there just after you posted. Always glad to oblige with answers to interesting questions. >I thought that conventional sleeping aids were OTC drugs because in >www.rbcpress.com/Home/Sleeping_Aids/sleeping_aids.html it is said that >insomnia can be treated with currently available over-the-counter >medications as nighttime sleeping aids. These drugs are actually >antihistamines. I would consider it unconventional to treat insomnia with an antihistamine. Sure, many antihistamines have drowsiness as a side-effect, but they also have other side-effects, and for that reason I don't think this should be considered conventional treatment. Here are some opinions on Nytol, diphenhydramine, which is an example of an antihistamine sometimes used as a sleeping aid: http://www.epinions.com/well-Medicine-OTC-All-Nytol_Nighttime_Sleep_Aid/tk_~ PR004.1.11 I would call this a form of drug abuse! In view of the side-effects, this is imho about as clever as drinking a shot of brandy to get to sleep at night - i.e. to make myself perfectly clear, NOT CLEVER AT ALL. (don't mean to yell, just to emphasise) If you need something to go to sleep, why not get a prescription for something highly efficacious and with few side-effects? >Anyway, I still had doubts and asked for confirmation. You are always welcome to query anything I write here. >Maybe >this term can have different meanings according to the context where it it >used - or at least this is my impression! Definitely possible. The context may be some kind of marketing material that does not have the same sense of ethics or of smart self-prescription as I do. >The sentence " if you are using a >herb such as kava or valerian to treat insomnia, it may induce excessive >sleepiness when combined with a *conventional sleeping aid *or with any drug >that can cause drowisiness - a narcotic pain reliever, an OTC antihistamine, >or even alcohol " , lead me to think that sleeping aid isn'nt a drug. I think the word " other " should appear in there: " or with any _other_ drug that can cause drowsiness " . Otherwise, I have no great problem with the above. In fact, it seems quite ethical to warn of possible side-effects when the herbal agent is used in combination with conventional hypnotic agents or with OTC drugs (unconventionally) used as sedatives. >Do you >still think it may refer to prescription hypnotic agents? My (temporary) >Italian translation is very general: *prodotti per favorire il riposo >notturno* Since the phrase in English is not orthodox medical terminology, this seems like a very appropriate invention to describe the concept. Personally, I would feel ethically obliged to refuse to translate the phrase " _conventional_ sleeping aids " literally if it were being used to refer to antihistamines or any other OTC drug I can think of, because I don't consider it conventional to use OTC drugs as hypnotic agents. >As far as *vitality boosters* are concerned, my translation is *prodotti >energizzanti*. >Other suggestions are still welcome! Apart from Pierre's suggestions, perhaps " prodotti vivificante " ? http://www.lagodiseonet.com/mtb/alimentazione.htm To find more, you can do what I did: Search in Google for " vitality boosters " . A selection of branded products appear. Make note of these brand names. Search in Google for prodotti - or for [brand name] site:it See what phrases appear to describe the same products in Italian. HTH Coilín. >Have a nice day! >Miriam >miriales@... > Re: EN>it vitality boosters > > >At 10:10 07-06-01 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi everybody! > >Are *vitality boosters* simply dietary supplements? > >I don't think so. I would distinguish between herbal preparations and >actual dietary supplements. >Some of the products listed here seem to include nutrients mixed in with >the other, herbal ingredients: >http://www.ds-marketing.freeserve.co.uk/vitality_boosters.htm > >But I don't think Guarana could be called a dietary supplement. And there >are dietary supplements that do not contain any herbs and are not sold as >vitality boosters. > > > >*conventional sleeping aids* are OTC drugs? > >I don't think so. I would guess this refers to hypnotic agents such as the >benzodiazepines, which must usually be prescribed by a doctor. > >Regards >Coilín. > > >Coilín ÓhAiseadha. da>en no>en translator >Aa-Tchoo! Entertainments Translations: www.aatchoo.com >Tsentsak Medical Translations: tsentsak@... >+45 3616 5666 / 2192 5666 Coilín ÓhAiseadha. da>en no>en translator Aa-Tchoo! Entertainments Translations: www.aatchoo.com Tsentsak Medical Translations: tsentsak@... +45 3616 5666 / 2192 5666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2001 Report Share Posted June 11, 2001 I wrote: >Apart from Pierre's suggestions, perhaps " prodotti vivificante " ? >http://www.lagodiseonet.com/mtb/alimentazione.htm > >To find more, you can do what I did: >Search in Google for " vitality boosters " . A selection of branded products >appear. Make note of these brand names. >Search in Google for prodotti - or for [brand name] site:it I meant to write: Search in Google for [brand name] prodotti - or for [brand name] site:it While I think of it, you could also go Advanced Search, select Italian as the only language to search in, then search for [brand name] >See what phrases appear to describe the same products in Italian. Best Coilín. Coilín ÓhAiseadha. da>en no>en translator Aa-Tchoo! Entertainments Translations: www.aatchoo.com Tsentsak Medical Translations: tsentsak@... +45 3616 5666 / 2192 5666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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