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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Bob; research costs money. The pharmaceautical companies aren't going to 
spend money on something they can't patent and make money from. If anyone 
can grow garlic, for example, in their back yard, what incentive would a 
pharmaceautical company have to prove that it works better than the pills 
for which they charge big bucks? You'll never see a study with the 
conclusion "our pills are good, but garlic is better".

Lynn Wigglesworth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] pharmacological Calvinism


> I think I agree with you in general, Lynn.  Pharm , including, psycho pharm 
> , can be a wonderful, life changing remedy ,for some problems ,for some 
> people.  But, 'drugs are drugs' and should be used and prescribed with 
> restraint.  Alcohol, tobacco, ritalin, cannibas, and penicillen are all 
> drugs with benefits and deliterious side affects.  With me, it is very hard 
> to figure out which ones are beneficial, for me. rather than long-term 
> destructive.  I believe in western medicine , including medications to a 
> certain extent, just as I believe in herbal remedies with proven results. 
> It is hard to distinguish the money or research driven hype from the stuff 
> that has real, short & long term results.  therefore, I still question 
> people like Roxanne, Susanne, and others; as well as Docs and other 
> conventional medical professionals. ; And I still read what I can 
> understand.  But, there is 'so much' information, and much is in 
> disagreement with the
> other.........................
>
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>
>
> --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] pharmacological Calvinism
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 9:40 AM
> > Call me crazy, but I think that popping pills so you can go
> > on less sleep,
> > function with more stress, eat the wrong foods, etc. is a
> > dumb idea...the
> > long-term effects of that are not going to be pretty.
> > It's like taking pain
> > killers so you can walk on a broken leg. I think more and
> > more that Judith
> > Warner lives in a different world than I do.
>
>
>
>
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