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Re: Homeopathic overdose protest in Boots

Jan 27, 2010, 16:06

handofdave wrote:

I certainly wouldn't argue that Western medicine is beyond reproach...

i don't think anyone is.

handofdave wrote:

so if people want to believe in it, I'm not going to tell them different.

People can believe whatever crap they like, but the country's leading pharmacist has a duty to act on what we know. When they've seen the evidence and concede that homeopathic pills are just nibs of sugar, they should stop selling them as medicine.

handofdave wrote:

My mother, who's a pretty rational, no-nonsense person, swears by things like acupuncture and magnets in the treatment of her aches and pains.

There's some evidence for acupuncture working. I've no idea about magnets. But, powerful as the placebo effect is at curing, and free as your mom is to think what she likes, medical professionals shouldn't be pimping stuff to her they know has no medicinal value; especially when she could be getting something that does work instead.

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