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Back Pain & Sciatica Organic Liquid Herbal Formula
Back Pain & Sciatica Organic Liquid Herbal Formula
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$29.50 USD
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$34.00 USD
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$29.50 USD
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40/100
Rejected
Six-dimension breakdown
Evidence
25
Formulation
38
Manufacturing
45
Safety
48
Transparency
45
Sustainability
52
Why this scored 40/100
'Back Pain & Sciatica' is a diagnosed medical condition — sciatica specifically is a neurological entity involving lumbar nerve root compression, disc herniation, or spinal stenosis, and warrants physician evaluation. Naming an oral herbal supplement after a specific diagnosis is textbook disease-claim marketing, and FDA has issued warning letters over exactly this pattern. The product is positioned as 'liquid botanical formula for people who want to stay active, flexible' — a hedge — but the SKU name and the target-diagnosis framing put it firmly in the unverified_medical_claim category. Herbal blends for musculoskeletal comfort have some ingredient-level evidence (turmeric/curcumin at 1000+ mg/day for OA pain, boswellia serrata for joint inflammation, willow bark for pain), but naming a product after 'sciatica' — a neurological diagnosis with real red-flag possibilities (cauda equina syndrome, spinal cord compression) — is inappropriate. Autofail on unverified_medical_claim.
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Evidence & sources
The Vyvata score's Evidence dimension measures the quality of published RCT support for a product's active ingredients at the label dose. Our source hierarchy: double-blind RCTs in MEDLINE-indexed journals > single-blind RCTs > open-label trials > observational studies > mechanism papers > N=1 case studies (anecdotes). Predatory journals and manufacturer-authored studies without independent replication are weighted down.
Product-specific evidence citations for this item are embedded in the analysis text on the "Analysis" tab. For the full framework and evidence hierarchy, see the methodology page.
How to read the Evidence dimension
- 80–100: Multiple double-blind RCTs in indexed journals directly testing this product OR the exact ingredients at the exact dose.
- 60–79: Single double-blind RCT + supporting ingredient literature at the studied dose.
- 40–59: Open-label trials + ingredient literature; no product-specific double-blind evidence.
- 20–39: Ingredient literature only; no product-specific trials or trials in predatory venues.
- 0–19: No credible evidence base or unverifiable claims.
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- VSF score
- 40 / 100
- Tier
- Rejected
- Category
- Supplements
- Subcategory
- joint bone connective
- Last scored
- Third-party certifications
- None on record at time of scoring
- Vendor
- VeggieVerve
- Product type
- Vegan Supplement
- Tags
- Shopify Collective, VeggieVerve
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