Bye Bye Homeopathy

[johnep]

Mens sana, corpora sana.
johnep

[El-loco]

Bye Bye Homeopathy..
Hello Herbal medicine regulation

Why stop there?

Let's get rid of Anthroposophic medicine (Weleda and Wala), Schuessler's tissue salts (New Era), and Bach remedies (yes even Rescue remedie).

But also chiropractic (goodbye osteopaths), acupuncture, acupressure (goodbye those stupid wrist bands for travel sickness), crystal therapy, aromatherapathy and Alexander technique.

And while we're at it there's no good evidence for vitamins (unless you're undernourished) nor for herbal medicines (now that's a BIG one), glucosamine (which comes from shellfish so not herbal) nor vegetable glucosamine (which doesn't).

And cough medicines don't have any good evidence for their effectiveness do they? So away with all of them. (O.K. large doses of Codeine, Morphine and Methadone will suppress a cough but you can't sell them!

Look, let's just get rid of the whole idea of selling medicines (except for those you can buy in a supermarket like Ranitidine, Hydrocortisone, Cetirizine, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Aciclovir, Caffeine, Clotrimazole etc) altogether.

Happy now?

[drpepper3k]

everybody needs to read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre Bad Science: Amazon.co.uk: Ben Goldacre: Books

[LeftArm]

There is a good Bad science web site

Bad Science

[Pharmanaut]

Why stop there?

Let's get rid of Anthroposophic medicine (Weleda and Wala), Schuessler's tissue salts (New Era), and Bach remedies (yes even Rescue remedie).

But also chiropractic (goodbye osteopaths), acupuncture, acupressure (goodbye those stupid wrist bands for travel sickness), crystal therapy, aromatherapathy and Alexander technique.

And while we're at it there's no good evidence for vitamins (unless you're undernourished) nor for herbal medicines (now that's a BIG one), glucosamine (which comes from shellfish so not herbal) nor vegetable glucosamine (which doesn't).

And cough medicines don't have any good evidence for their effectiveness do they? So away with all of them. (O.K. large doses of Codeine, Morphine and Methadone will suppress a cough but you can't sell them!

Look, let's just get rid of the whole idea of selling medicines (except for those you can buy in a supermarket like Ranitidine, Hydrocortisone, Cetirizine, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Aciclovir, Caffeine, Clotrimazole etc) altogether.

Happy now?

Yes, until they get rid of happiness in pharmacists due to lack of evidence!