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In reply to Mr Chopra's comment, I misspoke in the article and should have specified botanical dietary supplements or herbal supplements for that particular number. "Herbal" supplements represent 25% of the total dietary supplement market in the United States, and Echinacea sales represented 10% of that market in 1998, with a slight decline over the last 5 years. This information comes from the American Botanical Council¹ and from the Nutrition Business Journal.

Christine Gilroy, MD
Denver, Colo

1. Brevoort P. The booming US botanical market: a new overview. Herbalgram. 1998;44:33-46.

Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2536.

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