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Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine

Posted by timothy on from the fake-fake-vs-real-fake dept.

ananyo (2519492) writes "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine — possibly penicillin or derivatives of the antibiotic." Diluted enough times with pure water, though, maybe these traces would be even more powerful.

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  1. Homeopothy ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Even though it's been diluted to the point where just about every single molecule has been replaced, it can somehow remember all the good stuff it used to contain.

    And yet, for some strange reason, it doesn't remember the fact that it used to contain bovine fecal matter and all sorts of other bad stuff.

    That's the bit I find curious, although maybe that's where the bovine fecal matter shines through :-)

    1. Re:Homeopothy ... by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Interesting

      How come the homeopathic practitioners don't just row out into the sea and throw their goose livers in there? They could cure all diseases overnight. They must be mean capitalists if they're not doing things like that.

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  2. Re:Sarcasm by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I though the idea of homeopathic water was to dilute the percieved cause* of the ailment. Should diluting a helpful ingredient be considered harmful then?

    *) for very, VERY loose definitions of "cause".

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  3. Tap Water by RichMan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe "contains actual medicine" could be said of tap water.

    http://www.rsc.org/chemistrywo...

  4. Many pharmacies carry these by Sir+Holo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I got marked troll last time I said this, but it is true.

    Several of my local pharmacies have "homeopathic cures" sections.

    A pretty clear violation of ethics, I would think.