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To: Metacomet who wrote (11717)	5/21/2006 4:49:34 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78422

Well there are at least 2000 reasons for them to distrust self medication etc.. But paradoxically having one committee that dispenses authority, no matter how much peer review, is fraught with problems. What seems to be true is that research is endless. Fast conclusions and simple magic-bullet type therapies from quick test for phalanxes of disease are not going to be around any time soon. Over the counter medication is much more poorly followed as to efficacy and complications but it seems at least to not be involved with wrong medication and complications causing death near as often. Again, that is a complex issue and perhaps an unfair assertion as medical prescriptions usually are closer to dosage maxima and therefore much more critical and frequently more toxic. The trouble with over the counter is establishing dosage, follow up and establishment of efficacy. I would doubt that aggressive diseases are best treated with trial and error at the pharmacy aisles, and no responsible naturopath will advise hocus pocus when surgery or drastic drugs may be the only life saving option. They don't do that in print or in person. We are not talking homeopathy, but scientific medicine that uses test 'proven' therapies. The so called lifestyle diseases that develop long term however may indeed may be better treated by a more involved RX that involves diet, supplements and exercise. We already know that the degree of comfort they give the patient, and the placebo effect thereof competes with traditional medicine's press handily. EC<:-}