Battle over Botox

George Lagergren said:

008 07-14-03 22:25
Eb> Mark Probert <[email hidden]> wrote in

Quoted message said:

Tsu Dho Nimh said:

>His tune had changed. He did not support the use of Botox for
>spasticity treatment any longer and said that he had virtually
>eliminated its use from his practice.

What was he finding to be the problem?

The pain the kids went through, the short, and constantly diminishing,
duration of effecitveness, and other things. He also became enamored
of other treatment, which he fel twas far easier on the patient, and
had an overall better result. email for details, if you are so
inclined.

Eric Bohlman <[email hidden]>
Eb> This is a classic illustration of how, in conventional medicine, a
Eb> treatment may *sound* promising and initially *look* promising, but
Eb> eventually turn out not to work that well in practice. And therefore
Eb> the treatment gets abandoned. And with the abandonment comes
Eb> disappointment, but not defensiveness or delusions of persecution. If
Eb> practitioners of alternative medicine could adopt a similar mindset,
Eb> there's a chance that something useful *might* come out of the field.
Eb> But right now they have so much ego invested in their pet doctrines
Eb> that they simply can't admit they might be wrong. Their mindset is
Eb> that changing one's mind on the basis of new evidence is a sign of
Eb> weakness, not strength.

Alternative medicine says the treatment must produce results, otherwise,
the treatment gets abandoned, too. But the end user determines whether
the treatment gets results.

The treatment was producing results, and, was replaced by a better
treatment.

In Altmed, that does not happen. Unproven, untested, treatments are
perpetuated for years, and the length of use is used as a selling point
in the sales hype.