Posted by Sobriquet Style on July 8, 2006, at 18:11:45
In reply to A Modest Proposal to settle this?, posted by Racer on July 7, 2006, at 13:17:29
>OK, so there are a lot of different views on what is or is not Alternative.
Thats very true.
>How about we decide on a reference work or two
Reference work based in Western medicine internationally? Or just US based? Eg not including Canada, France, New Zealand, UK, US, etc
>I'd suggest PDR, the Merck Manual
Its in the Merck Manual..
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/drugnames-index/trade/n.html
>we're still all on the same page -- in the same book, no less
If a medication is listed in a reference book, and its listed its a drug and presctribed in Western countries, to conclude, does it belong on the medications board?
For example I believe St Johns wort is prescribed in Germany and Ireland, but in the Majority of countries is classed a harbal supplement. That makes sense to me for alternative.
I believe Piracetam is prescribed in the majorty of western countries as a drug, but perhaps not in a minority. To me, thats makes sense for the medications board.
Either way, Alternative, Medications, is fine by me.
Perhaps I'll just read Alternative more for what I consider to be drugs that up until now I found in the medications board, perhaps I'll forget all about this lol
Seriously, i'm afraid i'm going to bail out now as I feel the original subject will possibly boil down to ascendancy, rather than where Piracetam is best placed on the board. Perhaps i'm wrong, if so I apologize and will suggest to http://nccam.nih.gov/health/bytreatment.htm#p that according to the Education Source, Babble Alternative, they forgot to mention Piracetam in their list!
:-)
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