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Hypochondria is about the only thing you should treat with Homeopathy
- Felix Pleşoianu, David Haberthür (mov and David Marsden like this.
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@reality: what makes you say that? Or is that a joke?
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@davidmarsden because it consists of drinking expensive water?
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@reality: ah, ok. I don't get it, though :-(
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@rpcutts: eh?
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@davidmarsden about the homeopathy? It was a joke :)
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@reality: so you're talking about the placebo effect? And the quality of the therapist-patient relationship? Same with many medicines.
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@davidmarsden People with Hypochondria make up illnesses that aren't there, and because Homeopathy is... Nothing... Nothing treats nothing!
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@davidmarsden Uh, I was just making fun of the absurdity of Homeopathy but that works too :)
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@reality: plus, I would say that hypochondriacs are expressing that something really is wrong. Just not what they say it is.
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@davidmarsden Homeopathy, drugs diluted into oblivion. No more worth than a placebo sugar pill.
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@davidmarsden you're reading into it too much :( now I feel bad for insulting hypochondriacs...
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@davidmarsden but there are so many others, what about Peter Mandelson? I would like to punch him in the face...
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@reality is what you make it. If you believe that it works then it probably will. If you don't then it probably won't.
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@davidmarsden the placebo effect only goes so far. Plus I'm going to take the medicine with scientific grounding every time.
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@rpcutts: Sorry, I thought you were still banging on about lack of pedestrianised access around Malta. Placebos can be very effective.
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@reality: lots of placebos are more effective than "scientific" medicines. Big Pharma is not science-based, but money making machine.
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@reality: And I'm going to take whatever works for me and makes me feel better.
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@davidmarsden depends on how you're using the word placebo. i.e. No active ingredient?
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@davidmarsden http://2tu.us/1iaq not as simple as what makes you feel better. lack of regulation and shunning real medication is dangerous
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@reality: that's irrelevant. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8952349
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@davidmarsden indeed, Edzard Ernst said it best.
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"My plea is simply for honesty. Let people buy what they want, but tell them the truth about what they are buying."
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"The argument that this information is not relevant or important for customers is quite simply ridiculous" - Edzard Ernst
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@ciarang Sugar pills at least actually contain sugar.
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"These treatments are biologically implausible and the clinical tests have shown they don't do anything at all in human beings."
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@reality: also, do you know anything about the history of medicine? What once had 'scientific' grounding is now 'unscientific' e.g. lobotomy
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@reality: I'm not advocating homeopathy. But I do think you should take scientific medicine with a pinch of salt (or a sugar pill), too.
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@davidmarsden Yes, and all science is just theory placed to observation. I'm not saying that the placebo effect holds no water (ha) ...
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@davidmarsden but there's only so far it can go. Plus as I previously mentioned there is a point at which this stuff gets dangerous
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@davidmarsden and I agree that developed medicines from big pharma aren't always the answer, since it's money driven.
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I mean, a spoonful of sugar.
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