Re: melafix

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Not sure who you were refering to with the digitalis referal.

Digitalis, ie digoxin is a great medicine and I use it with my patients
every day.  There are lots of natural medicines we prescribe.  The danger
is that many patients are now taking natural medicines/herbs without
recognizing their side effects, dangers, and benefits....ie they don't
know what they are doing, or they are taking combinations or new meds that
haven't been studied.  That is the danger.  Digoxin saves lives in the
right dose, it can also kill in the wrong dose....so it goes with many
medicines including the natural ones.  I don't think anyone was
denigrating natural medicines, just saying be cautious, don't think if one
drop is good, a whole bottle is better and realize there may be side
effects.   Now, off this topic and back to fish!!!  I have to deal with
this stuff at work everyday, back to the fun stuff.  :)

Kathy


On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 colingorton@wanadoo.es wrote:

> I can't remember who mentioned it, but digitalis,although it is 
> _extremely poisonous_, has been used in the treatment of heart problems 
> for many years :). In reality, too many people who should know better, 
> denigrate the idea of natural medecines while at the same time using 
> medecines derived from natural sources. 
> I'm not saying that all natural remedies are good/bad/indifferent, just 
> that each medication/tonic should be measured by its efficacy, not by 
> whether it comes from a list titled "natural", "chemical", or even 
> "biological" (hear that soap powder manufacturers?;-)).
> BTW I noticed that America is now spending _considerably_ more on 
> medication because the drugs companies have switched their advertising 
> targeting from doctors to patients! (i.e. don't aim your product at 
> people who understand it but at people who use it).
> Colin
> 
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