well, i have been there (Reply #65) - Democratic Underground

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 01:21 AM

65. well, i have been there

so you cannot tell me not to go there.
i do not go to alt med, by the way. nor do i take things solely because they are touted to be natural.

first, yes, i do have a racial bias about white men in science and their arrogant denigrating attitudes toward women in science. that is an entire category of misogyny & bigotry in and of itself.

second, having faced a catastrophic diagnosis and prognosis in 1985 which i overcame and survived against odds by not following my specialist's pharmaceutical recommendations - but instead working with this doctor for over a year to monitor my status on a weekly basis. "what are you doing? it's amazing" i was asked and though i detailed my activities, diet, and lifestyle changes - the doctor did not notate nor acknowledge one single thing i did to alter my life's trajectory.

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75 replies	Author	Time	Post
Study: Homeopathy not effective in treating anything [View all]	Nye Bevan	Mar 2015	OP
Duh...	Drahthaardogs	Mar 2015	#1
of course it doesn't...it can't. there's no "there" there!	NRaleighLiberal	Mar 2015	#2
"did not find that homeopathy performed better than a placebo"??	uppityperson	Mar 2015	#3
If water has a memory...	backscatter712	Mar 2015	#4
...	progressoid	Mar 2015	#5
I could use a nice homeopathic lager right now	Trekologer	Mar 2015	#54
Please don't laugh...	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#72
I've read that homeopathy is effective at reducing...	Dr. Strange	Mar 2015	#6
Exactly! It cures the back pain and discomfort that comes	petronius	Mar 2015	#7
but not the pockets of pharmaceuticals	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#20
why big Pharma is hugely into herb supplements.	longship	Mar 2015	#26
there are quality, tested	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#27
No objective entity is testing them.	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#30
Well, homeopathy is a total waste of money. It's water.	longship	Mar 2015	#33
st johns wart is an herbal supplement	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#36
You are confusing naturopathy with homeopathy.	hobbit709	Mar 2015	#39
I think I said that St. John's Wort is a supplement.	longship	Mar 2015	#43
incorrect.	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#48
That is a hopeless straw man.	longship	Mar 2015	#55
first do no harm?	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#62
Please! Do not go there.	longship	Mar 2015	#63
well, i have been there	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#65
I cannot speak for your personal health situation.	longship	Mar 2015	#67
you've been	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#68
Something devoutly to be wished.	longship	Mar 2015	#69
You want "something tested for safety and efficacy"?	thesquanderer	Mar 2015	#42
"it's old, therefore it's right!"	Scootaloo	Mar 2015	#34
Ah, they're doing fine on the business of the transplant surgeons...	sir pball	Mar 2015	#44
Separating chumps from their money	hifiguy	Mar 2015	#74
The fact that we have to spend money to show this is an ugly reminder of the era.	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#8
I can't understand why anyone would still believe in this.	Ron Obvious	Mar 2015	#9
Because they are desperate, and there are some conditions where there is no treatment	still_one	Mar 2015	#28
Germfany tests herbal remedies for selected active ingredients.	eridani	Mar 2015	#37
Swiss fully support Homeopathy	PumpkinAle	Mar 2015	#10
thank you	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#11
Yes, screw BIG PHARMA!	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#15
Oh, goodie. The Swiss allow con artists to scam people.	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#14
That's unfortunate that the Swiss support this. n/t	deafskeptic	Mar 2015	#24
Helped me a lot with interstitial cystitis discomfort.	Peregrine Took	Mar 2015	#12
You do realize that there is no substance in homeopathy, right?	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#13
Wrong.	zappaman	Mar 2015	#16
Slugime.inc! I've got the purest slug slime in the world!	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#18
I only use organic GMO-free slug slime.	zappaman	Mar 2015	#21
The only organic slug slime is from caged slugs!	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#22
I slaughter a chicken and in about a week my cold is gone also!! nt	Logical	Mar 2015	#56
Homeopathy is like Congress. nt	valerief	Mar 2015	#17
If only...	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#19
It has been established that...	Binkie The Clown	Mar 2015	#23
Citations needed.	HuckleB	Mar 2015	#29
Actually, placebos can work even if you know they're placebos.	Frank Cannon	Mar 2015	#31
Of course they can...	CanSocDem	Mar 2015	#45
Interseting	Binkie The Clown	Mar 2015	#46
Google the Homeopathic Mass Suicides	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#25
homeopathy is based on the titration	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#66
You apparently missed the point	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#71
then they are just as ignorant about	hopemountain	Mar 2015	#73
The "hoax" is the theory that homeopathy is anything but a placebo	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#75
We use the term Homeopathy now to describe what we used to call magic potions.	Half-Century Man	Mar 2015	#32
No, no, historically "magic potions" had all sorts of fun stuff	Scootaloo	Mar 2015	#35
As if	rjsquirrel	Mar 2015	#38
the placebo effect	Romeo.lima333	Mar 2015	#40
And water's wet.	ismnotwasm	Mar 2015	#41
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2015	#47
Why put so much care into something that someone else believes is good for them?	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2015	#49
+1	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2015	#50
LOL, no some people post the truth about scams to stop the gullible from wasting money! nt	Logical	Mar 2015	#58
Bullshit, ignorance is not a virtue. People need to know they are wasting their money. nt	Logical	Mar 2015	#57
It's petty any way you slice it.	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2015	#59
Nope! Facts matter. Truth matters. LOL, so GOP voters are OK to believe the BS also? We.....	Logical	Mar 2015	#61
Crossing you off my party list.	closeupready	Mar 2015	#64
I disagree	Warpy	Mar 2015	#51
I found another homeopathy-related atrocity	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#52
Did they try it on mild dehydration?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Mar 2015	#53
Criticizing it though, certainly cures a need for self-professed cleverness.	LanternWaste	Mar 2015	#60
Not true.	Rex	Mar 2015	#70

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