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

There are various
forms
of medicine.
Obviously
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all
forms
of
drugs
are without side
effects
. Some people believe whilst alternative medicines may not be effective, others say they have
undesiderable
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undesirable
effects
on human health. I partly agree with
this
idea.
To begin
with, I can understand why people do not have confidence in other
forms
of medicine.
This
is because the products of
such
drugs
are from sources with unknown research or experimental
background
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. It is common knowledge that most of the manufacturers of
such
drugs
have little or no scientific knowledge and may have only learnt about how the drug worked on
individual
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basis for which they wrongly extrapolate to the general population. Based on personal experiences they quote that a single drug can cure several disease conditions. To illustrate
this
, my mother purchased a herbal preparation a fortnight ago and was told it could cure headaches, stomach aches, urinary tract
infection
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and pneumonia. To probe
further
, she asked for an online source to read more
on
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the product and was told there wasn't
such
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reference as the witnesses
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the users of the medication. Steming from the
above stated
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reason, it is logical why people do not have faith in
such
treatments.
Also
, very little information is known about the side
effects
of
such
drugs
. Practically, these unpleasant
effects
are rarely stated on the packaging and individuals are left to the peril of experiencing what is not known as and when they use the product. Several surveys have revealed the shock some herbalists express when informed about an unwanted side effect of their products.
This
highlights the very limited knowledge of
such
products and the fact that the experimental stage
of
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it
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is unfortunately being used on real humans.
To sum up
, I strongly agree that alternative
forms
of medicine may generate unpleasant
effects
in
it's
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users and sometimes may not even work.
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