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Should so called alternative medicine be evidence and not anecdote based?

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DWKingsmill
DWKingsmill

I would like to know if the majority of individuals using this forum are at all concerned with knowing via properly conducted clinical studies, what they dose themselves with, and if they understand what constitutes evidence.

I found myself commenting on someone who was seeking advice on a so called alternative therapy, and wondered if many people were prepared to take substances that have little or no evidence of benefit, or harm?

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    anon_private DWKingsmill

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    Any treatment that is to be taken seriously must be evidence based and have clinical trial evidence before it can be recommended to the general public.

    Anecdotal evidence can provide information that could lead to further investigations.

     

    • DWKingsmill
      DWKingsmill anon_private

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      Anon, couldn't agree more. Let us not get confused however with the difference.

      If enough people believe something to be true it is imperative to test the idea to see what verifiable evidence there is to also believe it. It is not wise to assume that just because lots of people believe something there is even the slightest likelyhood of it being so. Gwyneth Paltrow ring a bell?

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