nietmedicinale
Nietmedicinale is a Dutch term used in healthcare and pharmacology to describe substances, products, or interventions that are not medicines or not used for treating disease. It serves to distinguish between geneesmiddelen (medicines or drugs) and other items such as cosmetics, foods, dietary supplements, medical devices, or non-pharmacological therapies. In clinical documentation, een nietmedicinale behandeling refers to treatment approaches that do not involve pharmacological agents, such as physical therapy, exercise programs, psychotherapy, lifestyle modification, and certain surgical or device-based interventions when they are not drug-related.
Regulatory context varies for nietmedicinale products. They are typically governed by food, cosmetics, or medical device
Ambiguity can arise when interventions have both medicinal and non-medicinal aspects, such as topical agents with
In everyday language, the term highlights non-drug approaches or products, often within a broader, integrative view