Thread: Why does Homeopathy seem to irk skeptics the most?

Originally Posted by suede

My answer requires a yes or no.

Is it possible science doesn't yet know how it works?

In that case - No. Science has demonstrated time and time again that it doesn't work.

Originally Posted by drj90210

Regarding these medications, they are FDA approved to treat ADHD so there is no reason for these pediatricians to "accept that sometimes they are wrong" because they aren't wrong.

Are doctors also approved to diagnose ADHD? I wonder why so many children in the US are on drugs for ADHD when in fact, they are just little (*)(*)(*)(*)s who need a good kick up the bum?

Originally Posted by drj90210

If you were a pediatrician, and a mother came to you with her hyper child who you diagnosed with ADHD, what would you do after the child failed "lifestyle management" options? It's very easy to criticize others, but for once try to put yourself in their shoes.

I would try alternate measures before resorting to drugs. If that didn't work, put the kid on medication. But medication should NEVER be a first resort.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

Because it actually isn't working for them, the placebo effect is.

That doesn't give a doctor the right to say that something doesn't work, if it makes someone feel better, then that is all that matters.

But it isn't working for them.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

But it isn't working for them.

Yes, it is. They believe it is. If I take a sugar pill and it makes my tummy feel better, then that sugar pill has worked. I don't care about the science behind it, I am just glad I don't feel ill anymore.

If someone can take something and it helps with their pain, then we shouldn't tell them it doesn't work and to throw expensive drugs at them.

Herbal remedies and those other drugs you think are just water do actually work. It depends on which ones you buy and you have to try a lot to see what works.

Regular drugs don't work for me. Two Nurofen do nothing for me. Half an hour later my pain returns, worse than before.
I thought drugs were meant to help?

No it hasn't. You have worked, not what you took.

By the sounds of it YOU are causing them not to work by not accepting that they do. You are causing the problem.

Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen

By the sounds of it YOU are causing them not to work by not accepting that they do. You are causing the problem.

They haven't worked for years. I don't have an issue with people taking drugs, I just hate that doctors refuse to consider that something else MIGHT work. For me, regular drugs rarely work. They used to, but no longer.

Originally Posted by Makedde

They haven't worked for years. I don't have an issue with people taking drugs, I just hate that doctors refuse to consider that something else MIGHT work. For me, regular drugs rarely work. They used to, but no longer.

They did consider that it might work. In fact, they went ahead and tested it. As it turns out, it doesn't work.

Originally Posted by Makedde

They haven't worked for years. I don't have an issue with people taking drugs, I just hate that doctors refuse to consider that something else MIGHT work. For me, regular drugs rarely work. They used to, but no longer.

You're not getting it. It doesn't work. It's just the belief in it working that is working. Sugar isn't a magical cancer cure just because some people in a trial got better when they were given a sugar pill.