25/10/2025
🔍 ORS ≠ ORSL — Know the Difference!🚨 A Public Health Awareness Message by Dr. Naval Kumar Verma 🚨There is growing public confusion between ORS and ORSL — two products that look similar on shelves but are completely different in medical value and health impact.💧 ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts)✅ A WHO & ICMR-approved medical formulation used to treat dehydration from diarrhea, vomiting, or heat.✅ Contains an exact ratio of glucose, sodium, and potassium that saves lives.❌ ORSL⚠️ A sweetened flavored drink, not a medical ORS.⚠️ Often kept next to real ORS pouches in pharmacies, misleading consumers.⚠️ Can worsen health in children, diabetics, and elderly patients.💡 Dr. Naval’s Advice to the Public: • Always choose only “WHO-approved ORS formula.” • Avoid sugary drinks like ORSL for dehydration. • Demand clear product separation in pharmacies.🏛️ Suggestions to Policymakers & Regulators: • Enforce stricter labeling guidelines for electrolyte and beverage products. • Mandate that commercial drinks cannot use medical terms like ORS in their brand names. • Direct all pharmacies to keep medical ORS and soft drinks in separate shelves. • Launch nationwide awareness campaigns on “ORS vs ORSL confusion” through health departments.🩵 Awareness Saves Lives!Let us work together — citizens, doctors, and policymakers — to ensure that accurate labeling and public education prevent avoidable health risks.— Dr. Naval Kumar VermaGlobal President, Rejoice Health FoundationAuthor of Reversing Prostate Problems in a Natural Way Preeti Verma
