Homeopathy had No Place in Pharmacy: Canadian Pharmacist

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151. You should be relieved to hear

That because of the issues you mention, those meds have fallen out of favor. For example, Avandia had a brief heyday, but when the heart failure link was published, it was bumped to a thirdline oral agent, and doctors never prescribe it to patients with heart failure anymore - except I suppose in extraordinary circumstances where benefit outweighs risk.

That's where a scientific field like traditional medicine beats the weird stuff: Data are collected and evaluated (even after the drug hits the shelves) and publicized, and no secrets are kept from doctors or patients, and prescribing trends self-correct, and malpractice lawyers stand ready to make sure they do!

(Whereas homeopathy, it's true, won't directly hurt you - it just will cost you money while letting your diseases roll merrily along, untreated. But to each her own. Any adult who can think and read is entitled to make her own medical choices.)