Giving a lecture on old-timey quack medicines tomorrow

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141. At least it's not death

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Like your Chinese cure. Of course, that only happens rarely, right? not like regular medicine, where you get all the side effects all the time.

Like I said, you love to talk about the side effects. Which go away once you've stopped taking the drug. There are side effects to every drug. There are side effects to your Chinese "medicine." There would be, if you actually took it in any quantity to have an effect.

Oh, and you forgot this part:

"The combined pressures of commercial demand, excessive hunting and habitat destruction have depleted Asia's bear, tiger and rhino populations. Most experts agree that the trade in tiger bone for medicinal purposes was a major factor fueling the tiger conservation crisis of the 1980s and '90s." - my link WWF

your words:

"world wildlife fund on habitat loss being the most important cause of extinction in 75% of listed endangered species"

I'm going to assume you mean Asia's bear, tiger and rhino populations too. Of course, you'll tell me how wrong I am, and how you didn't mean that.

"For his part, Glenmullen has long prescribed Prozac and other SSRIs and continues to use them in specific cases. But he also suggests numerous treatment alternatives for anyone using or contemplating the use of such drugs—including psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, behavioral treatment, 12-step programs, herbal remedies like St. John’s wort, exercise, and diet modifications. About one SSRI user in four really does benefit from the drug, he says, but he adds, “There is no free lunch. Most of these people who feel so good about the long-term use of Prozac think it’s cost-free. Patients need to be better educated about the risk-benefit analysis. If they are taking Prozac to feel ‘better than well,’ that’s a big mistake.” "

Like I said, over proscribed, but so are a lot of things. Hyperactive drugs, antibiotics, etc. Your long list of bad things doesn't seem to stop him from proscribing them though.