THE annual Shonky Awards collated by consumer group CHOICE were released yesterday, highlighting a number of dubious therapeutic claims on some products sold in pharmacies.
One of the "winners" was a range of so-called magnetic therapy devices such as bedding underlays and muscle wraps, along with "ear orbs" claimed to transform earrings into "natural drug free magnetic therapy products".
CHOICE also slammed the "brazen trickery" of over-the-counter homeopathic melatonin products which are "packaged like medication and sold in a pharmacy" backed up with "murky claims that are not supported with evidence".
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