tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post6373606457682926513..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in Medical PracticeLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57306395675361711822016-10-31T09:12:08.187-04:002016-10-31T09:12:08.187-04:00Yes. Medical errors occur, and no medication is c...Yes. Medical errors occur, and no medication is completely without risk or side effects. So what is your point? You're still much less likely to die if you are treated by a competent professional, as opposed to a quack who uses unproven or disproven "alternative treatments".Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-10380390430971457292016-10-30T22:11:58.088-04:002016-10-30T22:11:58.088-04:00Lutesuite:'patients have the right to use inef...Lutesuite:'patients have the right to use ineffective or dangerous quack therapies'. I believe you have it backwards. <br />In the USA alone, over 200,000 people die every year for doing exactly what the doctor says (your doctors, the allopathic practitioners that you do seem to like so much); when you take a medication as prescribed, in a 5 year period 1000,000 will die because of the side effects. Look it up, I am sure you are smart enough to see how absurd is your prior post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676165294533320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-36761365250052576902014-04-07T13:19:58.217-04:002014-04-07T13:19:58.217-04:00You're very confused. Sure, patients have the...You're very confused. Sure, patients have the right to use ineffective or dangerous quack therapies if they want. But there is nothing "unprofessional" about pointing out when a therapeutic claim is inconsistent with scientific evidence.Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-60694186502997478222014-04-07T10:53:35.850-04:002014-04-07T10:53:35.850-04:00Whatever happened to respecting patients desire to...Whatever happened to respecting patients desire to be treated medically or naturally? Who died and made medicine god? Medicine is great when its absolutely needed to save someones life in a time of need, but at times it is unnecessary and natural remedies and lifestyle choices should be respected as an alternative. We live in a country of freedom of choice and its absolutely unprofessional to put other professions down, not only is it unprofessional but it is doing a disservice to your patients. nbahrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339036732637886817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-34584815707915891822011-08-17T11:30:44.948-04:002011-08-17T11:30:44.948-04:00You know what they call alternative medicine that ...You know what they call alternative medicine that works ? - Medicine.steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-21549190434020881232011-08-16T12:39:14.751-04:002011-08-16T12:39:14.751-04:00Its really interesting that they are using allopat...Its really interesting that they are using allopathy to describe 'medicine' and non-allo-pathy to describe the alternative.<br /><br />Allopathy was apparently coined by a Homeopath, to contrast 'medecine' with homeopathy.<br /><br />So, if they're going to use allopathy in their statement, they should also use 'homeopathy', forget about evidence vs. non-evidence. They should be talking about Allopathy vs. Homeopathy, non-allopathic is an idiotic term.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, this is all very interesting. Consider that Osteopathy used to be a competitor to 'medicine', and osteopathic colleges were part of that 'alternative medicine' world. BUT, in order to do things like treat and cure patients, they started dropping osteopathic treatment, and made their college curricula in-line with that of Medical Schools. The result is that, today, you can get medical treatment from an MD or a DO, but not a naturapath or a homeopath.<br /><br />Osteopathy gained respectability and success by making their curricula and degree path identical to that of a Medical School, and here these guys are, rather than defining 'allopathy' as 'evidence based medicine', are calling it 'medicine as taught in medical school'. <br />I think that's /really/ interesting that they'd describe it that way. They've gone out of their way to avoid making a 'value based statement' (like calling it 'evidence based medicine' and thus endorsing it), BUT at the same time, they need to effectively say that doctors should be practicing just that, so they use a fallback term like 'medicine as in medical school', which is exactly the same standard that Osteopathy now uses (and thus undid itself as 'bone alignment as the source of disease and sickness').Schencknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-48832121843514718912011-08-15T23:38:33.204-04:002011-08-15T23:38:33.204-04:00a) my doctor has never told me to lose weight, eve...a) my doctor has never told me to lose weight, even though I'm on the normal/overweight border. Doctors also never told my grandparents to quit smoking. It's easier to prescribe a drug than a behavior change.<br /><br />b) many of our conventional medicines started out as "homeopathic" remedies--e.g. chewing on willow bark. Once the reasonable evidence based treatments have been exhausted, I see no reason to not try homeopathic remedies.<br /><br />c) If allopathic doctors actually practiced evidenced based medicine, I'd have more faith in the system--just look at the evidence regarding inductions and C-sections and it's obvious that convenience trumps evidence, at least in OB land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-20772926703924597442011-08-14T18:04:26.600-04:002011-08-14T18:04:26.600-04:00Hey Larry,
This is Ron Brown - formerly of UTSA a...Hey Larry,<br /><br />This is Ron Brown - formerly of UTSA and The Frame Problem blog.<br /><br />I just did a spoof post on homeopathy at my blog.<br /><br />http://deathbytrolley.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/tomorrows-dinner-homeopathic-chicken-stirfry/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-51959187752753879792011-08-14T01:37:42.420-04:002011-08-14T01:37:42.420-04:00Assopathic medicine -- Harnessing the energy field...Assopathic medicine -- Harnessing the energy fields of 300C guano in the treatment of all muscular, skeletal, respiratory, coronary-vascular, neurological diseases/conditions and the maintenance of balance of the four humours, seven chakras, and twenty meridians.erebusnyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988464368427565221noreply@blogger.com