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Social media posts making many Chennaites to rush to buy multivitamin tablets for their immunity

Posted on: 06/Jul/2020 9:36:32 AM
These days, many get carried away by social media posts!!

It is now said that there has been a heavy rush at many pharmacies in Chennai and in other places in TN now to buy multivitamin tablets mainly vitamin C and vitamin D tablets. This was because of the social media posts mentioning that these medicines would improve the immunity and would keep the Coronavirus infection away.

These multivitamin tablets have been used as medication by those who have got mild infection or by those asymptomatic patients and those under home quarantines etc.

Chennai based chemists spoke about how the rush to buy the multivitamin tablets were from those who get carried away by the social media posts/ online reports that mention that these tablets could keep Coronavirus at bay.    

A pharmacist belonging to Saidapet spoke about how in the past only those who had some sort of vitamin deficiency purchased these tablets and how now many buy for improving their immunity.

There has been an increase of 50 to 60% for the multivitamin tablets like vitamin C and D plus there has been demand for other multivitamins and zinc based tablets too. This was confirmed by a pharmacist belonging to Apollo Pharmacy. These tablets could be got from the pharmacies without a prescription but for bulk orders it is important to have a prescription.

People get influenced by social media posts and by other online reports and due to this they purchase multivitamins and zinc tablets more. This was as per Mr. S. Ramachandran, president of TN Druggists and Chemists Association. 

He explained how a systematic nutritious diet could address the deficiencies in the body. He added that these medicines would not be able to keep the people safe from Coronavirus infection. The increase in the demand of these multivitamins has made many companies to launch combo packs of these multivitamins.