This makes me very cross. The regulator's better come done hard on these guys. It annoys the heck out of me when any pharmacy starts selling alternate medicine - basically it legitimises them to people who expect a pharmacy to be full of actual medically proven products.
I definitely believe that some natural remedies have their place - we depend too much on chemicals, sometimes. However, medications that have been rigorously tested and proven are also important. They should be labeled as such.
David Coles
I see nothing wrong with natural remedies myself - I just wish they'd show their effectiveness in a clinical clinical study (more so than a placebo), before claiming they solved everything from nausea to through to malaria. And there are a number we know are quite safe and effective, for example, Salicylic acid from Willow bark is basically where we get Aspirin from, and that cup of tea I just drank is anything but ineffective first thing in the morning. :)
The thing that gets my goat is either a) products that are nothing more than sugar pills (and have been proven to be no more effective than a placebo) or b) products that make wildly outrageous claims for serious diseases with no evidence at all. Homeopathic medicine does both, which is why I get so cross.
Nik Anachi
If only we could live in a chemical free world!! I for one am a huge proponent of a nuclear only age.
Now chiropractic, that sounds like a good way to get my prescribed dose of bullshit :)
Sean
I do my very best to avoid chemicals in general, and I certainly wouldn't be putting any in my body that didn't pass the rigorous standards of the Queen and Prince Charles.
I think these pills aren't homoeopathic enough; with diabetes so widespread, sugar could pose as much as a danger to young children as aspirin, caffeine or chiropractors. I would think the placebo effect could also apply to bottles filled with invisible, intangible pills so the only thing I would allow my imaginary children to ingest would be empty pill bottles.
