Conventional medicine does not defend itself when it is accused of causing disease and death through the pharmaceutical drugs it promotes and prescribes!
Conventional medicine is unable to defend itself when it is accused of being the most expensive form of medical therapy!
So how effective is conventional medical, and the drugs it promotes? In constructing my new website, "Why Homeopathy?" I have regularly been amazed at how doctors are quite aware about the ineffectiveness of the drugs they prescribe, and it has led to to ask many questions.
So let's allow NHS Choices to inform us. I have used only their words, directly from their website. The British NHS is, after all, a leading exponent of conventional medicine, and it is led, and indeed dominated by conventional medics - so they should know!
ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
"Treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help relieve the symptoms and make the condition much less of a problem in day-to-day life."
Ankylosing Spondylitis
"There's no cure for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but treatment is available to help relieve the symptoms."
Arthritis (Rheumatoid)
"Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis can help reduce inflammation in the joints, relieve pain, prevent or slow joint damage, reduce disability and enable you to live as active a life as possible."
"Although there's no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, early treatment and support – including lifestyle changes, medication, supportive treatments and surgery – can reduce the risk of joint damage and limit the impact of the condition."
Arthritis (Osteo)
'There's no cure for osteoarthritis, but the condition doesn’t necessarily get any worse over time and a number of treatments are available to help relieve the symptoms."
Asthma
"There's currently no cure for asthma, but treatment can help control the symptoms so you're able to live a normal, active life."
Alzheimer's Disease
"There's currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, although medication is available that can temporarily reduce some symptoms or slow down the progression of the condition in some people."
Autism
"There's no 'cure' for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, a range of specialist educational and behavioural programmes can help children with ASD."
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
"Treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) aim to help relieve the symptoms."
Dementia (Vascular)
"There's currently no cure for vascular dementia and no way to reverse the damage to the brain that's already occurred, but treatments can help prevent further damage and may help slow down its progression."
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
"Haemorrhoids (piles) often clear up by themselves after a few days. However, there are many treatments that can reduce itching and discomfort."
Eczema
"There is no cure for atopic eczema, but treatments can ease the symptoms. Many children find their symptoms naturally improve as they get older."
Fibromyalgia
"Treatment for fibromyalgia tries to ease some of your symptoms and improve quality of life, but there's currently no cure.
Gout
"Treatment for gout includes pain relief to help you cope with a gout attack, as well as medication and lifestyle changes to prevent further attacks.
Osteoporosis
"Treating osteoporosis involves treating and preventing fractures and using medication to strengthen bones. An important objective for health services across England is to try to prevent falls and fractures, particularly in people with osteoporosis and those with risk factors for osteoporosis."
Parkinson's Disease
"There's currently no cure for Parkinson's disease, but treatments are available to help relieve the symptoms and maintain your quality of life."
PMT (Pre-Menstrual Tension)
"Treatments for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may help you manage your symptoms so they don't interfere with your daily life.
Prostatitis
"Treatment for chronic prostatitis usually aims to control the symptoms. Painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen may help relieve your pain."
Psoriasis
"Treatment for psoriasis usually helps to keep the condition under control."
Sciatica
"Treatment for sciatica isn't always necessary, as the condition often improves naturally within around six weeks..... However, it's not clear exactly how effective many of these treatments are at treating sciatica."
Shingles
"Treatment for shingles can help ease your symptoms until the condition improves. In many cases shingles gets better within around two to four weeks.
News about new wonder drugs
The news media brings us news, on a regular basis, about new pharmaceutical drugs that will soon be able to treat disease - wonder drugs, magic bullets, treatments that will a 'game changers' in the treatment of disease. Apparently, these are all about the future, they are not currently available for sick people. Perhaps next year. Perhaps in 5 or 10 years time.
Or perhaps never!
If pharmaceutical drugs are so ineffective, whilst at the same time causing so many serious side effects (which are really new illnesses and diseases), it is little wonder that conventional medical systems throughout the world are in serious financial trouble. Conventional medicine depends hugely on Big Pharma drugs, which means it is relying on next to nothing. Or, perhaps more accurately, something that it worse than nothing.
Conventional medicine is unable to defend itself when it is accused of being the most expensive form of medical therapy!
So how effective is conventional medical, and the drugs it promotes? In constructing my new website, "Why Homeopathy?" I have regularly been amazed at how doctors are quite aware about the ineffectiveness of the drugs they prescribe, and it has led to to ask many questions.
- Does conventional medicine cure illness and disease, or does it just ameliorate?
- Does conventional medicine treat conditions so that they go away, or does it just deal with symptoms?
- Does conventional medicine offer sick people a long term answer, or just temporary amelioration on a long-term basis?
- Does conventional medicine just allow illnesses to run their course.
So let's allow NHS Choices to inform us. I have used only their words, directly from their website. The British NHS is, after all, a leading exponent of conventional medicine, and it is led, and indeed dominated by conventional medics - so they should know!
ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
"Treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help relieve the symptoms and make the condition much less of a problem in day-to-day life."
Ankylosing Spondylitis
"There's no cure for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but treatment is available to help relieve the symptoms."
Arthritis (Rheumatoid)
"Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis can help reduce inflammation in the joints, relieve pain, prevent or slow joint damage, reduce disability and enable you to live as active a life as possible."
"Although there's no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, early treatment and support – including lifestyle changes, medication, supportive treatments and surgery – can reduce the risk of joint damage and limit the impact of the condition."
Arthritis (Osteo)
'There's no cure for osteoarthritis, but the condition doesn’t necessarily get any worse over time and a number of treatments are available to help relieve the symptoms."
Asthma
"There's currently no cure for asthma, but treatment can help control the symptoms so you're able to live a normal, active life."
Alzheimer's Disease
"There's currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, although medication is available that can temporarily reduce some symptoms or slow down the progression of the condition in some people."
Autism
"There's no 'cure' for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, a range of specialist educational and behavioural programmes can help children with ASD."
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
"Treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) aim to help relieve the symptoms."
Dementia (Vascular)
"There's currently no cure for vascular dementia and no way to reverse the damage to the brain that's already occurred, but treatments can help prevent further damage and may help slow down its progression."
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
"Haemorrhoids (piles) often clear up by themselves after a few days. However, there are many treatments that can reduce itching and discomfort."
Eczema
"There is no cure for atopic eczema, but treatments can ease the symptoms. Many children find their symptoms naturally improve as they get older."
Fibromyalgia
"Treatment for fibromyalgia tries to ease some of your symptoms and improve quality of life, but there's currently no cure.
Gout
"Treatment for gout includes pain relief to help you cope with a gout attack, as well as medication and lifestyle changes to prevent further attacks.
Osteoporosis
"Treating osteoporosis involves treating and preventing fractures and using medication to strengthen bones. An important objective for health services across England is to try to prevent falls and fractures, particularly in people with osteoporosis and those with risk factors for osteoporosis."
Parkinson's Disease
"There's currently no cure for Parkinson's disease, but treatments are available to help relieve the symptoms and maintain your quality of life."
PMT (Pre-Menstrual Tension)
"Treatments for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may help you manage your symptoms so they don't interfere with your daily life.
Prostatitis
"Treatment for chronic prostatitis usually aims to control the symptoms. Painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen may help relieve your pain."
Psoriasis
"Treatment for psoriasis usually helps to keep the condition under control."
Sciatica
"Treatment for sciatica isn't always necessary, as the condition often improves naturally within around six weeks..... However, it's not clear exactly how effective many of these treatments are at treating sciatica."
Shingles
"Treatment for shingles can help ease your symptoms until the condition improves. In many cases shingles gets better within around two to four weeks.
News about new wonder drugs
The news media brings us news, on a regular basis, about new pharmaceutical drugs that will soon be able to treat disease - wonder drugs, magic bullets, treatments that will a 'game changers' in the treatment of disease. Apparently, these are all about the future, they are not currently available for sick people. Perhaps next year. Perhaps in 5 or 10 years time.
Or perhaps never!
If pharmaceutical drugs are so ineffective, whilst at the same time causing so many serious side effects (which are really new illnesses and diseases), it is little wonder that conventional medical systems throughout the world are in serious financial trouble. Conventional medicine depends hugely on Big Pharma drugs, which means it is relying on next to nothing. Or, perhaps more accurately, something that it worse than nothing.
