Claim rulingsNamed condition

Can a supplement say it is for anxiety?

No. Anxiety is a recognised medical condition, so naming it turns the copy into a drug claim. The compliant substitutes are “promotes a sense of calm” and “supports relaxation”.

Severity we assign
Critical
Standard family
Named condition
Enforced by
FDA, FTC, Meta, Google

Why it fails

The rule this runs into.

Anxiety is a recognised disease. Naming it creates a drug claim.

We file this under named condition and rate it critical. It is enforced by FDA, FTC, Meta, Google, which matters because a single phrase can fail in more than one place at once: a listing suppression, an ad-account review and a warning letter are three different consequences of the same sentence.

What to say instead

The compliant version.

This is the rewrite an audit ships for this phrase: the strongest wording the standard allows, in the words we would hand you.

The rewrite the standard allows

'Promotes a sense of calm' / 'supports relaxation'

Claims that hold in its place

Mood
Promotes a sense of calm

The standard safe substitute for anxiety language.

Sleep
Promotes relaxation before bedtime

Relaxation is not a disease state.

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