they sell this shit right next to actual OTC medication for a bit less so if you don't look close enough you might end up buying it
my dad hurt his back and we were out looking for something to help him feel better; on the shelf they had homeopathic "back pain relief" for $12. $12 for fucking sugar pills!
fuck big pharma but at least drugs usually work
homeopathy is based on the idea that diluting something makes it stronger
which is patently fucking ridiculous
I do like the history of Homeopathy though; starting in the early 1800s, the homepathic clinic began giving their tinctures (of water) to patients, and also had them stay at their nice, rural clinics getting plenty of fresh air and bed rest and food for a week or two. And when they mostly got better, wow musta been the tincture! Back to the smoggy city for more factory work! And like, the alternative was like, bloodletting, so yeah, water and rest sounds great.
Obviously, capitalism didn't wait long to strip the 'rest, fresh air and food' part of the treatment out of it though, and just left the shitty water.
Reminds me of Daniel Radcliffe's character in "A Young Doctor's Notebook" burning out and just prescribing everyone tabs or drops (presumably of asprin or ibprofen) regardless of their condition.
Actual vitamin supplements are fine, usually. At least I've found. Still have to read the label carefully to make sure I'm actually getting my 5000 iu of D3.
It's still unregulated and most of the industry is ran by unscrupulous Mormons
Well, either my doctor's a quack or there's something to it. I've been straight up prescribed Vitamin D and E before for various conditions. But the dosage is significantly higher than anything you'd get in a standard multi-vitamin. And you're not supposed to take them every day indefinitely.
Does it say anywhere on the product labeling that this isn't actual medicine? It's false advertising.
they have to have a little note saying "these claims are not evaluated by the FDA", but there's no law against saying it treats things it scientifically cannot
Every time I have to restock my store's fake baby medicine, I see red.
I like how China does things, TCM is allowed but regulated so they don't have snake oil salesmen selling you weak shit that doesn't even have the snake oil in it :edgeworth-shrug:
If you ever want OTC ear ache relief, know that you're fucked. I checked every single product, they're all some elderberry homeopathy shit. I think the real stuff is all antibiotics so you need a prescription. Miserable night when I discovered this.
i have unfortunately already discovered this. had to go to urgent care to get ear drops that worked
No there's no regulation. If there was any regulation this horseshit would be entirely banned.
always always always read the ingredients. Whether it's drugs or cleaner or rodent repellent. So much stuff out there is a scam or close to it. Rodent repellent is almost always peppermint oil with a few other things. A lot of cleaners are simple cheap ingredients like baking soda, soap, lye, etc.
fuck big pharma but at least drugs usually work
so... about the corporate owners of that snakeoil. it's not every time but sometimes the org chart :same-picture:
The joke with Big Pharma is that 99% of what's on the market is shit we've been using reliably for the last 40 years.
Asprin, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, Steroids, Insulin, Statins, Opiods... we've known about this shit for generations. But walk into a hospital and you'll receive a drug that costs $.10/gal along with a bill that's $50/gram.
