An intervention usually includes the following steps:
Make a plan. A family member or friend proposes an intervention and forms a planning group. ...
Gather information. ...
Form the intervention team. ...
Decide on specific consequences. ...
Make notes on what to say. ...
Hold the intervention meeting. ...
Follow up.
That statement is true
Especially during rebellious phase. Relationship with friends is a little bit different with family relationship because you could choose your friends based on your own criteria, such as mutual goals or interests.
Meanwhile, you can't really choose your own family.
New medications have more strict process to receive an approval from FDA compared to new dietary supplements which, some doesn't even need FDA's approval to be released in the market. Dietary supplements include in their labels "No approved therapeutic claims" to save them from legal responsibilities. During the titration, the repeated trials for the supplement varies from the medication is maybe because of less stability preservation of the supplement which caused it to degrade.