Comment Re:Who buys them? (Score 1) 668
I suspect a sizable number of people go in to pharmacies desperate for anything that will relieve their 2 year old's stomach/congestion/whatever and ended up leaving with homoeopathic crap
I think the same. And I suspect it saves a lot of lives otherwise lost due to overmedication, or giving potent medication with harmful side effects, where nothing was actually needed.
Besides, sometimes babies just cry because their parents are nervous. If they can give the baby something that will "cure" the baby, they calm down, so does the baby, and everyone's happy. If there is something wrong for real, the baby will continue to be sick and smart parents will go to a real doctor. The rest just helps evolution do its work.