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Comment Re:And if you find this result upsetting... (Score -1) 447

This is not entirely true. Drugs cannot be regulated by the FDA unless they have harmful side effects. They are not allowed to regulate things such as vitamins.

Is a vitamin medicine by your definition? After all vitamins treat all sorts of diseases such as beriberi, scurvy and rickets, despite not being "medicine" at all.

In the same way, there are effective nutritional supplements that prevent or treat diseases, but have no harmful side effects. Glucosamine/chondroitin has proven very effective in treating joint pains and injuries. But there are no regulations on it, because it has no harmful side effects. If your definition of "medicine" is only what drug companies produce, then you are incorrect.

All this said, most homeopathic medicine is complete bunk and those that aren't have had studies done as to their effectiveness, even if they have no harmful side effects.

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