GLEDJAN CAKA, KLEA ÇELA, ARBI SHIMA
KEYWORDS : Drug, supplement, trend, analysis, consumption.
Abstract
Supplement drugs, known as dietary or nutritional supplements, are pharmaceutical products designed to boost your diet and to improve your overall health. Part of the supplement family are included active principals form various sources such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other biological compounds administered in a variety of forms ranging from pills to shots. Whilst a number of supplements offer health benefits, this part of the pharmaceutical industry is still very loosely regulated, leading to risks in quality, safety or efficacy. Our study is centred on analysing the trend of usage of five different dietary supplements in the population of Albania. The supplements in our focus are DeRefluss, FlorUp Gonfiore, SedaFluid, MultiSeng and CalcioBase, all used for different types of maladies or overall improvement. These supplements are analysed for a two-year period, 2023- 2024, as a whole and seasonally as to better comprehend their demand in Albania as well as to understand the diseases which affect our country the most frequently. Analysis showed the SedaFluid was the most demanded and sold supplement, followed relatively closely by CalcioBase which had an all- year demand, but not higher quantities and ending in last place with DeRefluss. This trend of sales helps us understand the diseases that affect our population as well as the specific season time-frame which could help us better deal with the issue and to formulate the necessary strategies for supply and demand.