"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Derek Lowe over at Lagniappe wonders what I think about homeopathy, the process of diluting substances in water until all that's left is water. The answer: not much. I don't see them as a threat to health since they are just water,afterall. They only become dangerous if someone uses them in place of real medication to treat a real disease. If a patient wants to waste their money on them, that's their business. Herbal dietary supplements, on the other hand, are real drugs with real side effects masquerading as risk-free cures and preventatives. They can do far more damage, and often do. That really makes my blood boil. posted by Sydney on
4/08/2002 11:05:00 PM
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