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• pollystyrene

  5 September 2012 10:57PM
  Response to Brusselsexpats, 5 September 2012 10:43PM

  some conventional medicines can have dangerous side effects

  Which are all listed in the packet when you get them. By contrast a lot of herbal remedies can be very dangerous indeed and are not regulated in any way.
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• pollystyrene
  

  5 September 2012 11:01PM
  Response to Geranium28, 5 September 2012 10:14PM
  I don't see why the NHS should prescribe any treatment that isn't shown to work by some kind of proper clinical trial. If you want to take something that isn't proven to work in any way, why should it be funded by taxation?
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• Orthus
  

  5 September 2012 11:23PM
  Response to fripouille, 5 September 2012 10:01PM

  One thing I don't understand though is the level of animosity directed at homeopathy

  
  It's fraudulent.
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• pollystyrene
  

  5 September 2012 11:26PM
  Response to fripouille, 5 September 2012 11:10PM
  It has been many years since tranquilisers which are now known to be highly addictive (but weren't at the time) were recommended for long term use. But sometimes the beneficial effects of a drug outweigh the side effects is the answer to that question. And long term addicts can't be simply forced to withdraw from the tranquilisers - the effects would be too severe.

  For example thalidomide is now prescribed in some highly controlled circumstances.

  
  

  and here we have frizzle and the author trying to medicated me because i won't have sex with them