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[venta]

Newsflash! Science can save you money!

I take glucosamine tablets, because I have lots of joint problems. I don't know whether it does any good, but it seemed like a worthwhile idea. I'm running out of pills.

Just before popping out to the shops, I idly went to Wikipedia to read up about glucosamine. Among other things, I have discovered that according to a Cochrane review, it doesn't do much (although they were looking more at effects on athritis). So maybe I won't bother.

If, in a few weeks time, bits of me are hurting more, I may go back to taking them because I'm willing to pay a few quid for a possibly placebo-based effect. If not, hurrah, money saved.

Comments

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Let us not forget, though, that homeopaths could easily be so utterly incompetent that their dilutions fail to eradicate the original substance. As such, I'd be very cautious about making an argument against homeopathy based purely on the supposed physical mechanism :-)

But thanks, I didn't mean to imply you were agreeing with the nonsense, I just didn't (until your second comment) understand why it was muddying the issue.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

until your second comment

By which I mean, third comment. Dated a few minutes ago...