Fuck Homeopathy! (1 Viewer)

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Homeopathy 'could be blacklisted' - BBC News

Although if the total bill for such treatments is only £4 million and a placebo effect works maybe it's worthwhile.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Homeopathy 'could be blacklisted' - BBC News

Although if the total bill for such treatments is only £4 million and a placebo effect works maybe it's worthwhile.

It gives it an air of legitimacy that it doesn't deserve though. Given that there are actual drugs with actual evidence behind them on that list (as they are too expensive or that there's a better alternative), I don't see why homeopathy should get a pass because it's "only" £4million.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

We need generic homeopathic remedies? That should save a few quid

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

It gives it an air of legitimacy that it doesn't deserve though. Given that there are actual drugs with actual evidence behind them on that list (as they are too expensive or that there's a better alternative), I don't see why homeopathy should get a pass because it's "only" £4million.

Forgot to reply to this.
I'm with you on the practise legitimising homeopathy but I still feel it's worthwhile if people do gain a benefit from it. Also, after fully reading the article it seems that the spend on homeopathic medicine is only £150,000, the rest going to support a homeopathic 'hospital' (which will remain unaffected by these proposed changes) in London. £150,000 is a pittance against the NHS's budget of £115 billion.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Forgot to reply to this.
I'm with you on the practise legitimising homeopathy but I still feel it's worthwhile if people do gain a benefit from it. Also, after fully reading the article it seems that the spend on homeopathic medicine is only £150,000, the rest going to support a homeopathic 'hospital' (which will remain unaffected by these proposed changes) in London. £150,000 is a pittance against the NHS's budget of £115 billion.

It's still £150,000 that could be spent on an actual treatment. I'm sure you argue the therapeutic value of getting someone to read your angel cards and some patients would be supportive of it, it's still bullshit being peddled by con artists against the vulnerable.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Isn't the placebo effect recognised as being an actual thing though? So, if someone feels a benefit from some water/sugar pills, why not?

 

[pissypants]

Isn't the placebo effect recognised as being an actual thing though? So, if someone feels a benefit from some water/sugar pills, why not?

Because the placebo effect is also a part of treatments that actually fucking work too! Also people are taking/being given treatments for really serious illnesses that don't actually work and lead to death. Steve Jobs anyone?

 

[nooleen]

what was he on, an apple a day?




i'll see myself out

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Isn't the placebo effect recognised as being an actual thing though? So, if someone feels a benefit from some water/sugar pills, why not?

The placebo effect is taken as the baseline from which comparisons between drugs are made. If something works as well as placebo, that's basically the same as saying it doesn't work. A reading from HP Lovecraft could have the same effect as a homeopathic treatment if you tell the patient there is evidence behind it first.

If you have a drug that only works as well as placebo, you are usually not going to be allowed to sell it (I say usually because I'm sure there's some exception out there). The same should go for any treatment: medical or alternative/complementary.

 

[therealjohnny]

Is there anything to be said for another Mass?

 

[HMD]

 

[GO]

Veterinary Homeopathy is where the real action is

Also..I like this idea of reading HP Lovecraft as a medical treatment

 

[pete]

Oh boy.

Janet Hilts | EFT For Allergies

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The placebo effect is taken as the baseline from which comparisons between drugs are made. If something works as well as placebo, that's basically the same as saying it doesn't work. A reading from HP Lovecraft could have the same effect as a homeopathic treatment if you tell the patient there is evidence behind it first.

If you have a drug that only works as well as placebo, you are usually not going to be allowed to sell it (I say usually because I'm sure there's some exception out there). The same should go for any treatment: medical or alternative/complementary.

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[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Not homeopathy but still, healing rocks sound just as legit

Healing crystal theft claim puts singer 'at risk of bad energy' - BBC News

 

[therealjohnny]

ha!

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I thought we had a referendum about this?
I have no problem with rights for BLT's

 

[pete]

CDC: Homeopathic “healing bracelet” poisons baby with high levels of lead

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Physiotherapists - scum?

I called the telephone doctor about a sore tendon and he told me to go to the physiotherapist. At least I think that's what he told me but maybe I got it mixed up. I've been to the physio a few times now but I'm not convinced. Maybe I was supposed to go to somebody else...

 

[hermie]

My physio is one of my favourite people in the world. What's your beef with them? I have had one or two bad experiences but if you get a good one they can really sort you out in a bind.