41However, if a patient derives a general benefit from the intake of a product in so far as the substances of which it is composed contribute to preventing, alleviating or curing a disease, at that time that product is intended not to feed that patient but to treat him or her, prevent a disease or restore, correct or modify physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action militating in favour of a classification of that product as other than a food for special medical purposes.
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