I forgot to include oversight. Might as well sue them along with the doctors. If they have ultimate authority to pull a medication off the market and don't, well they share a portion of the blame too. I just don't know how successful one would be at suing the feds though.
Can I sue my naturalpath when the stuff he prescribes doesn't work?
Sure you can try and sue your naturopath. I guess it depends how litigious of a society in which you desire to live. I don't know if such a case would have a snowball's chance in hell though, but really I know next to nothing about consumer law so maybe you might have a shot at a class action or something. I suppose this means that the individual who doesn't have a drug plan, is prescribed a couple hundred dollar medication by their doctor, suffers some detrimental side effects, and the medication doesn't work also has a case. What about the guy whose mechanic tells him to use a fuel additive in his vehicle for better mileage and the stuff doesn't make any difference? Can he sue too? What about the dentist who tells a woman that regular brushing with xyz type of toothpaste will reduce the sensitivity of her teeth to hot or cold beverages, yet fails to make any improvement despite her regular use? Can she sue too?
I have a friend permanently crippled by a chrio. I don't see the line you draw between the groups. Just as many quacks on both sides and they do equal damage.
I'm sorry about your friend. The first time I went to a chiro there was a release to sign and it mentioned something about strokes I believe. Freaked me out. Being an AS sufferer, it freaked me out doubly. I told the chiro that, sorry, he could not do any adjustments. I had made a mistake (although I didn't phrase as such to him). He then explained to me how he could use an activator tool for adjustments. While it was no guarantee of not causing some problem or damage, it was something I was willing to try. I knew I bore all risk for unintended results.
I guess the line I draw is that I perceive fewer folks being injured or perishing through the use of treatments other than allopathic treatments. Unfortunately, I don't have any data to back this up and I'm not sure any direct comparative data exists. That is why it is a mere perception; perhaps I am the only one that draws this line. I have had quite some exposure to both and it is solely my observation. Can chiropractic, herbs, supplements, sun gazing, etc. hurt folks? Of course. However, when an injury or worse occurs under these modalities, it is receives quite some exposure because it is so uncommon or else the powers that be wish to overexpose it to make the public fearful. Why don't the thousands of injuries and deaths related from pharmaceuticals, procedures, surgeries, and hospitalizations get much public exposure? Perhaps because it is so common or the powers that be wish to suppress those numbers. We had a 33 year old cousin with IBD die about two weeks ago during a hospitalization. Likely an infection or a blood clot (autopsy isn't complete). She had a four year old boy. She will just be another one of their numbers. This would be somehow understandable if she was 83, but 33? Makes me wonder what else was really going on (e.g. immune suppressing medications?, inattention by staff regarding her status?).
I would not have survived childhood had it not been for a doc prescribing some of the poisons you describe.
I am glad that you survived childhood thanks to some sort of medication (assumption here). I don't know if they have had such a positively profound impact on my life. Sometimes they are a helpful evil. Necessary evil I'm not so sure about.
