Reply to post: Re: Alternate and Traditional Medicine

Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine

graeme leggett Silver badge

Re: Alternate and Traditional Medicine

My question re the glucosamine vs ibuprofen example would be "is glucosamine as good as or better than the current recommended treatment?" ie have we moved on from use of ibuprofen for symptom management in that case.

Another thought that touches back on the quality of products is that if eg glucosamine is accepted as a medicinal treatment, then it needs licensing and suitable distribution as a medicine not flogged from Holland and Barretts as a "supplement" and that moves it into the pharma industry's sphere and it's no longer "alternative medicine".

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