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Originally Posted by Sunfish
True. Like digitalis. However, you can spend a hundred years overdosing and killing before a scientist works out what is in it , how it works and guarantees the dose and contents or that the compound and it’s additives will not conflict with your life saving medications.
If you want to live under 19th century pharmacy and also take prescription medication, buyer beware. It is hard enough to control corporate advertising of known and studied drug compounds without “ supplements” or “alternatives”.
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
The difference is, those that are approved medicines have to have undergone clinical trials to prove with statistical significance that they do what they say they do, and thus have the 'R' registration number on the pack.
Natural 'therapies' can get away with saying anything they want, as there is nobody policing their BS.
I'm not saying that 'nature' doesn't have a lot of secrets, but scooping up mud or randomly throwing some fancy ingredients does not a medicine make.
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100% Ray & Dunk ... or do both of you make it 200%? True that
I wasn't advocating drying one's own Foxglove leaves or DIYing Penicillin or the like
. There clearly needs to be certain scientific rigour applied to the research and testing of medicines prior their certification and registration for use.
Best
JA