Posted by Dr. Bob on July 7, 2006, at 11:05:06
In reply to Re: Curious » willyee, posted by gardenergirl on July 6, 2006, at 18:41:19
> Alternative is for people who want non-drug therpaies,herbs,nutrients,over the counter supplments,accunpuntuce etc,if we include any drug what so ever,then again what becomes the determinging factor of what goes,what stays.
Alternative is for people who want
> > medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam
I haven't been considering it presently part of conventional medicine. So all the recent discussion has been on Alternative. But that may be because its use is
> > rare in the United States
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20060622/msgs/664785.html
The NCCAM does also say:
> > Biologically based therapies in CAM use substances found in nature, such as herbs, foods, and vitamins. Some examples include dietary supplements,3 herbal products, and the use of other so-called natural but as yet scientifically unproven therapies (for example, using shark cartilage to treat cancer).
Is piracetam found in nature?
> I say this because i dont go to alternative here,and i dont want to miss out on information on possable drugs like the one in question because it was for what i feel wrongly placed.
Just because something isn't conventional doesn't mean it can't be helpful...
Bob
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