Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor.

More people with health issues are becoming increasingly interested in trying

alternative

medications

and treatments

instead

of consulting their usual doctor. I believe

that is

a negative development because of the lack of medical credibility of

alternative

medical

practitioners

and the many unsupervised

medications

that they use.

While

doctors are equipped with scientific medical knowledge from their degrees, a lot of

alternative

medical

practitioners

don't have any medical credentials to prove their expertise. Often times they are only learning about health and medicines through cultural

practices

that lack scientific-proven data and methodologies.

For instance

, in Indonesia, many

alternative

medical

practitioners

, which are called "dukun" don't have any medical background.

Instead

, they are mostly associated with superstitions rather than sciences.

Due to

the fact that many

alternative

medication

practitioners

are not legally recognized, many of the

medications

that they use are not supervised.

Although

these

practices

are already widely accepted, the government still don't consider these

practices

as legal,

hence

the

medications

that they use are not supervised.

This

could lead to many medical side effects for the patients.

For instance

, many

alternative

medical patients in Indonesia were diagnosed with cancer after taking the

medications

prescribed by an

alternative

medical practitioner in the city of Madiun in 2012. In conclusion, I believe the increasing number of people with health issues turning from conventional doctors to

alternative

medicines and

practices

is a negative development because of the lack of medical credentials and the side effects of drugs of

alternative

medicines and

practices

.