Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Bisphosphonate Drugs & Osteonecrosis - law suit

I basically agree with most of what you have said. The only thing that really stood out to me is your question about seeking the opinion of allopathic practitioners but refusing tradition or pharmaceutical treatment. Diagnosis. Really diagnosis and getting a label (the myriad of -itises, syndromes, disorders, etc.) for the ailment that would be accepted by the larger system. Just because one seeks the assessment by a medical doctor does not mean they plan to follow their recommended course of treatment. Perhaps that practitioner recommends anti-inflammatories and physical therapy. The patient may decide to incorporate a natural anti-inflzmmatory yet follow up on the recommendation of physical therapy.

It would be appreciated if you could provide some link to this study you mention at the end of your post. While it is perfectly conceivable that unsuitable use of any synthetic vitamin could have adverse results, it would be most interesting to learn more about this study, the form of niacin used, if a pharmaceutical company altered it to call it proprietary, etc. Would also be most interesting to find out how many instances of this phenomenon exists with pharmaceuticals.