Currently, there is a trend towards the use of alternative forms of medicine. However, at best these methods are ineffective and at worst, may be dangerous. To what extent do you agree or disagree??

Presently

,

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,

the use of

alternative

medicine

is gradually taking root in the health care system.

Nevertheless

, these methods have been thought

of to be inefficient

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to be inefficient

and harmful. I completely disagree with

this

school of thought as

alternative

forms of

medicine

have shown to be essential. In my opinion

,

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,

alternative

and conventional methods of

treatment

should be used together. One of the reasons people are often dismissive of the use of

alternative

medicine

is because there is little or no

research

evidence to

backup

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back up

its efficacy. According to a

research

done by Okon E.

Okon

a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry

Akron

in 2016 on 'The efficacy of

alternative

medicine

', it was reported that

alternative

drugs lacked

research

research

backing to support its efficiency.

Therefore

, it's not readily prescribed by physicians

.

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.

Another reason could be that

alternative

forms of

treatment

are often self prescribed by consumers. Due to the recent rise in self medication, people now prescribe drugs with little or no knowledge of drug interactions, in essence, complementary

medicine

like herbs sometimes interact with conventional drugs causing more harm than the good it was intended for. Notwithstanding, there are benefits to the use of

alternative

medicine

, one of which is the fact that it is free of side effects. Complementary and

alternative

medicine

that

are made

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is made

from herbs are completely free from adverse effects due to the non- toxic nature of plants as they are naturally occurring unlike the conventional method of

treatment

.

For example

, a conventional drug like Diclofenac prescribed for pain causes nausea and vomiting as side

effects but

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effects, but

in the case of

alternative

forms of

treatment

,

this

is different.

Furthermore

,

alternative

forms of

medicine

tends

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tend

to treat the root cause of the disease condition than merely treating symptoms.

For example

, the chiropractors treat the root cause of any

neuromuscular

condition which is

in contrast

to

popular practice

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the popular practice

of managing symptoms

in

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with

conventional

medicine

. In essence,

alternative

medicine

is both effective and harmless. To sum up,

alternative

medicine

when compared to that of the conventional is effective and less dangerous and should be used more often by clinicians. I strongly suggest that

alternative

medicine

be used

along side

side by side

alongside

conventional

medicine

as

this

would improve the quality of life of patients.