Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 479 - 390: Don’t Drink Slimming Tea Recklessly!

Five o’clock in the afternoon.

Inside the ward office.

Xu Hongdou went home at noon to retrieve the Snow Mountain Red Flower Slimming Tea, and Zhao Heng called the laboratory for a priority examination.

The results are now out.

Zhao Heng carefully studies the test report in his hand, frowning, because the report shows not only sibutramine, an already banned weight-loss drug, but also several hormone substances prohibited from the market.

In other words, fortunately, Xu Hongdou drank this slimming tea for a short period; if consumed for a longer time, it would certainly cause irreversible bodily harm.

Taking drugs for beauty and weight loss only ruins one’s health, which is entirely counterproductive.

However, for laypeople, it’s indeed difficult to discern which ones are legitimate.

In general, there are too many weight loss methods and products on the market now. Sometimes vendors just create new packaging, give it a fresh name, add some banned metabolism-boosting hormones, and find some celebrities to endorse it. In no time, it can hit the market and make huge profits.

"Brother-in-law, is it serious?!"

Xu Hongdou saw Zhao Heng’s tightly furrowed brow and asked nervously.

"You’ve been taking this slimming tea for a short time, so the impact is minor. Just do a blood filtration and take some liver protection medicine, rest for a while, and it’ll be fine."

Zhao Heng said slowly.

"Hmm... Seeing your expression, I thought the situation was worse..."

Xu Hongdou relaxed a bit and said, somewhat sulkily.

It shows how important doctors’ attitudes are; sometimes, a doctor’s words or expression can frighten patients who have mentally exaggerated the situation.

"Is this kind of slimming tea being consumed by many people?"

Zhao Heng slightly shook his head, asking Xu Hongdou.

If a slimming tea containing multiple banned drug ingredients is widely used in the market, one wonders how many people’s health could be affected.

"I guess there are quite a lot of people, probably."

Xu Hongdou said uncertainly. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Brother-in-law, isn’t there a drug supervision department or something? You definitely need to report this slimming tea."

Xu Hongdou said indignantly after pausing for a moment.

Only now did she feel somewhat scared, only after Zhao Heng explained it to her did she realize that prolonged consumption of this drug would cause irreversible damage to the body, especially the liver and kidneys. If it really reached that point, it would be an irreparable loss.

"I checked with the drug supervision department this afternoon; this slimming tea hasn’t even entered the drug supervision database, it’s an unregistered product."

Zhao Heng said helplessly.

Nowadays, people are increasingly concerned about their health, and with the myriad of health supplements boasting various functions, the variety is overwhelming.

For instance, some health products just add some vitamins and starch, tweak the packaging, and can sell for several times, or even dozens of times, the price compared to plain vitamins.

This is still somewhat acceptable; although buying these vitamin-based health supplements is paying a knowledge tax, at least vitamins are beneficial to the human body.

The real fear comes from the so-called slimming tea Xu Hongdou drank, which not only doesn’t offer benefits nor achieve the effects advertised by merchants, but instead harms the body.

"From now on, don’t use these unregistered products casually. That’s not how you should lose weight."

Xu Man Ni said to Xu Hongdou, half instructing and half showing concern.

Since childhood, Xu Hongdou lived at home; they were cousins, but she was practically like a younger sister. Plus, since Xu Hongdou’s parents were frequently absent, her family spoiled her greatly, leading to her carefree personality.

"Understood, I won’t drink any more slimming tea from now on.."

Xu Hongdou replied, uncharacteristically without arguing, sounding weak.

This really scared her; if she accidentally consumed too much, leaving a lifelong ailment, wouldn’t she regret it forever?

"Actually, taking vitamins and spirulina occasionally is fine, but slimming drugs often have something problematic."

Zhao Heng saw Xu Hongdou’s scared expression and couldn’t help but chuckle as he spoke.

Not all health supplements are fake; some do help supplement human body trace elements and boost immunity. However, because it’s so easy to profit in this market, inevitably, many merchants flood in, and there’s both good and bad amongst them.

"Mm, thank you, brother-in-law."

Xu Hongdou smiled gracefully, saying that no wonder her sister Xu Man Ni, typically reserved, fell in love and quickly took him home to meet the family, even paid for a house. After spending time with him, seeing such a young, handsome, promising, capable, and good-tempered brother-in-law, she must hold onto him tightly or else regret it in the future.

Zhao Heng wrote a prescription, and Xu Man Ni took Xu Hongdou to the outpatient department to pay and prepare for treatment. Of course, with Xu Man Ni’s help, they basically didn’t need to queue; there was a fast track.

Out of the office, Xu Hongdou affectionately clung to Xu Man Ni’s arm, saying, "Sis, brother-in-law is really good. Seeing how well you are, I’m tempted to start dating."