Posted by amy_oz on September 15, 2003, at 2:43:21
Dr Bob,
I can understand the need to split off some of the posts from the medication board as it reaches bursting point..but why the distinction between "alternative medications" vs prescription medications? Everything we ingest has a reaction in our body whether it is a banana or SAM-e or Zyprexa.I know that there is a large number of people out there who feel a bit jaded with the medical profession (I know I can be at times). I know we all wish to seek out alternatives, but I'm starting to get a bit miffed about the growing climate of antagonism between alternative therapy and the traditional medical profession.
Case in point; I saw willow bark extract advertised the other day as an alternative painkiller. Willowbark exract is salicylic acid ie asprin minus an extra chemical group (an acetyl group) that tops the stomach problems associated with salicylic acid.
Please don't make the issue confusing for us. We should seek out all means to be well again by using all options and information and not prejudice ourselves against some potential life saving therapies.
Amy
BSc Hons (Biochem). Grad. Dip. Science Communication
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