The classification hinges on the intended use and pharmacological proof: drugs claim to treat or prevent disease, requiring rigorous clinical trials, while Ayurvedic proprietary medicines and nutraceuticals, often based on historical or nutritional premises, cannot claim to diagnose, treat, or cure specific ailments. In the lab, I see formulations escape drug status by leveraging traditional texts or nutritional components, bypassing the stringent efficacy evidence required for a synthetic drug. This frustrates me because I’ve tested some “herbal proprietary” compounds in cell cultures and found zero pharmacological activity—they sail through on a technicality, not proof. My ambition to be a scientist born from a fishing village means I value the hard evidence of the net’s catch, not just the story of the sea.
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