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Its easy to call out homeopathic medicine as frauds stealing from fools. Same with chiropractors and anti-vaxers. But what we need to acknowledge that the adversarial, inaccessible, rapacious, and Kafkaesque medical systems in Western countries, especially America alienate people and drive them toward this crap.
Mistrust of pharma, hospitals, doctors, and the health department is not irrational.
Much as I like Arstechnica, this was one of the worse articles I've read there in a while. It's based off of this bullitin.
The author seems to have taken this:
Do not use ophthalmic products that:
- Are marketed as OTC products to treat serious eye conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy or macular degeneration. There > are no OTC treatments for these conditions.
- Are labeled as homeopathic, as these products should not be marketed.
And then the author seemed to imply that ALL eye drops are homeopathic and should be pulled, which is not quite what the FDA was saying.
edit: I hit post before I had finished typing when I had intended to hit preview to check my markdown. edit: And then I missed the typos anyhow. Screw it. Send it.
Hear me out, I like Similasan eye drops because they're just saline with an alternative preservative. The flower magic stories are just for fun. My eyes like their saline blend best x_x