Posted by Racer on July 8, 2006, at 11:22:09
In reply to Re: A Modest Proposal to settle this?, posted by willyee on July 8, 2006, at 10:53:20
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> > How about we decide on a reference work or two, and use those to decide where something will go? I'd suggest PDR, the Merck Manual, or the like. Maybe use RXLIST.com, since it's easily searchable? That way, while we may not all agree with the reference work in question, we're still all on the same page -- in the same book, no less -- regarding where such chemical compounds should be placed within this site?
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> Not to jump on a dead horse,but i forgot to mention this,why should there be a modest compromise....Um, maybe there should be some sort of compromise so that we don't end up with long discussions about whether or not something is a drug, without any way to draw a line we can agree upon?
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> I have not seen a valid disagreement point,drugs are spoke about on the medication group,as alternative herbs,nutrients and such on alternative.Willyee, you may not find my point "valid," but the fact that NONE of the reference works that I checked contained this compound kinda makes me think it's not appropriate for the meds board. Your argument, that it's a synthesized compound, doesn't seem quite as reliable to me, since a lot of "alternative" options are synthesized.
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> All it seems to me is if the mistake,which i agree seems to be mostly in my view only but still i question if the or a mistake is made by the powers that be,than instead of that mistake being corrected,we rather create some compromise?It's hard for me to understand your point here. Are you saying that since you believe someone made a mistake, there should be no compromise, but what you see as a mistake should be "corrected?" I don't understand what you've written here. That's the best I can do for trying to figure out what you meant. Is that an accurate rephrasing, Willyee?
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> Lets just put it back on the medication group where it belongs."Where it belongs" according to WHOM? That's what I think you're not seeing. My suggestion was that we choose a reference to determine what we will recognize as a drug. Some way that we can all agree to make that determination.
> I mean in the case someone in authrioty **could** be wrong,is this how long it takes before anyone simply acnowledges it.
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Wrong according to whom, Willyee? Dr Bob has been here and commented. I think that's acknowledgement. That he does not agree with you that a mistake was made does not mean he didn't acknowledge a mistake -- it could very well mean he does not believe a mistake was made.
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