Re: Re: Bashing therapies -- Fads

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I am among the first to testify to the value of placebos, and many

fads are placebos, but many aren't.

There was a time when I would do custom synthesis for AIDS buyer's

groups. I was making pentamidine (which also kicks up many cancer

therapies), dextran sulfate, silver-2-oxide, etc. Most of these

worked but they were largely faddish. No sooner than I would make

them then the buyer's groups would lose interest and scream for the

next big thing. I didn't need the hassle and sent their business elsewhere.

I don't dismiss a therapy because it is a fad, but I won't work with

those things where I can't see the logic and I think there is no end

to the list of such things.