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    #32
    angeldelight
    Registered Users Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    disssco wrote: »
    For one herbal remedies are total bull**** and do not work!!

    You see for someone who claims that you could look up on the internet and would be able to make well-informed choices etc. about medicines, you have just proved the opposite. While homeopathic remedies are very dilute and do not have standardised trials proving their efficacy, and in practice are more than likely very safe, herbal remedies can be the opposite. A lot of knowledge is required on herbals before being able to recommend them and they can have very serious effects. Eg while standardised St. John's Wort has been shown to be of some benefit in mild-moderate depression, it is metabolised by the same enzymes as other frequently-prescribed medicines and could cause huge problems. yes 50 euro might be a bit steep but there's a reasons doctors are there, because the internet won't tell you everything you need to know. Similarly buying drugs off the internet can be really dodgy as you (a) don't know that your'e getting what you asked for and (b) that they're not going to have some sort of major interaction with something you're already on.


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    #33
    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Yup, herbal remedies != homeopathic remedies.

    A herbal remedy can be anything from a placebo, to a strong drug.

    Homeopathy is always bullshít, and if it works at all it's placebo.


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