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- From: green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein)
- Subject: Re: Summary of evidence for homeopathy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.170512.3418@island.COM>
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- References: <1992Oct26.180147.10892@aoa.aoa.utc.com> <1dp2tfINNc4a@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> <dank.721767362@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:05:12 GMT
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- In article <dank.721767362@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov> dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Daniel R. Kegel) writes:
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- >Myself, I'd like to see clinical trials required for homeopathic remedies,
- >to prove (in the allopathic sense of the word!) efficacy before they could
- >be sold to patients. Surely if the homeopaths believe in their remedies,
- >they shouldn't mind being held to a high standard of direct proof of efficacy.
- >Perhaps Bernie could explain why such trials would be considered unfair by
- >homeopaths.
-
- It is not a question of fairness. It is a question of cost. Such trials
- costs a tremendous amount of money. Where is it going to come from? Upjohn
- isn't going to pay for it. In an ideal world, clinical trials such as
- you propose would be great. But in this society, the allopaths control
- the pursestrings, so it ain't gonna happen.
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