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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:16 PM Original message |
If "alternative" medicine actually worked we'd just call it medicine. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Again? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Who's getting a payday from Big Pharma, I gotta wonder!!! |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. twice today |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for posting this |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's my "medicine" ..you all |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. So an expert at a top-funded Federal research site is wasting taxpayer money with his debunk agenda? |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. While I disagree with much of alternative medicine |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. yup |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Another aspect is that alternative therapies are more oriented toward |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I'd like to see a source for that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lasix does not work either, it comes originally from plants |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Adding cohoshes, black or blue, to supplements for women is dangerous. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. many conventional medicine applications |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many good points to your post |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. i agree with what you say |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. nutrition as well (great post) |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. absolutely true |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I'd expect my anesthesiologist to know a lot about anesthesiology, respiratory and cardiac issues |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. anesthesiologists |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. "Dr." Andrew Weil? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. A misspelled attack from you is an endorsement for reasonable and non violent folks. Thank you. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Actually, Weil only has one 'l' not two. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Dr. Weil is hardly a quack |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. You know who also went to Harvard. George W. Bush. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. well, you are entitled to your opinion |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Also would question the fact that the researcher seems to be using |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I used Estroven and it took a couple weeks |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are you absolutely sure about this? There are those who disagree |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. True, there needs to be appreciation for the overlaps, and the gaps |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I really don't see how it's close-minded to test these remedies and assess the results. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Just as some mainstream meds don't work on some people, so goes "alternative" medicines |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Just to clarify |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, we wouldn't, because the AMA and big Pharma won't allow it. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. They just can't get over The Burning Times. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. You're on point |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Are you still taking herbals? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. No, I'm not taking the same ones |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Bullshit. Name one that works, that is backed up with rigourous scientific studies. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Why the hostility? I found a remedy that worked for me, to my great relief. |
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Canadiana (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. I agree with this on many levels |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. +1 |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. Mevacor is derived from red yeast extract, which does the same thing only without the |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. A few things. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. uh, pharmaceutical drugs |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Pharmaceutical drugs have saved more people than alternative drugs. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. LOL |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Hepatic toxicity is a concern with red rice yeast extract. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. HA! Nicely put. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. That's why most of us use the term HOLISTIC medicine. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. No, when "alternative medicine" works as advertised, they do all they can to ban it. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. A sampling of Pubmed search results |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Pubmed? Sounds socialist. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm ok with testing them |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Alternative medicine isn't just about herbal remedies. It's also |
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