br0k3n 0 #1 November 30, 2006 The official pharmacists agency of Québec is getting ready to ban the naturopaths and homeopaths who give patient counseling at the prescription desks of drugstores. Radio-Canada announced that a new ethics code for pharmacists, currently in preparation, will put an end to the presence of these professionals in the immediate environment of pharmacists. More and more “natural product” counselors offer to give consultation in the drugstores at the prescription desk which is usually reserved for the pharmacist. The pharmacists agency have doubts about the competence of nearly 80% of the naturopaths, an assertion corroborated by Roseline Gagnon, of the association of graduated naturopaths of Québec. The new code must be accepted by the Office of Professions of Québec before it comes into force. When the code has been signed, the naturopaths and homeopaths, who will want to share their knowledge, will have to stay in the cosmetic and candies department.----------------------------------------------------------- --+ There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.. --+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #2 November 30, 2006 Do you really know why this happened, and know of the facts that lead to this decision? Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
br0k3n 0 #3 November 30, 2006 QuoteDo you really know why this happened, and know of the facts that lead to this decision? Yves. Well I would hazard a guess that the pharmacists agency of Québec is making an effort to ensure that medical advice is only given by those people qualified to give advice. And the advice that is given relates to proven medical remedies and methods. Therefore ensuring that the public are not mislead into forgoing proper proven treatments for snake oil.----------------------------------------------------------- --+ There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.. --+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #4 November 30, 2006 The fact that lead to this decision, is because a company that was denied the right to commercialize a product, by Health Canada (The government agency responsible for new drug approval), decided to sell it anyway.... Not all naturopath/homeopath companies were banned. Only one. The governement just tightened the rules, a little bit! Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
br0k3n 0 #5 November 30, 2006 QuoteThe fact that lead to this decision, is because a company that was denied the right to commercialize a product, by Health Canada (The government agency responsible for new drug approval), decided to sell it anyway.... Yves. what was the product?----------------------------------------------------------- --+ There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.. --+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #6 November 30, 2006 QuoteQuoteThe fact that lead to this decision, is because a company that was denied the right to commercialize a product, by Health Canada (The government agency responsible for new drug approval), decided to sell it anyway.... Yves. what was the product? http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/2006/2006_113_e.html Another case (in french though). http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/zone_libre/2006/11/17/001-Medecines_Douces_herbier.asp http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2006/11/12/002-produits-naturels.shtml Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,257 #7 November 30, 2006 This issue has been rumbling away in the UK for a while now too, with the NHS funding alternative practisioners and the Royal College of Physicians opposing it. I think the best quote I've heard was something along the lines of "There really should be no such thing as 'alternative' medicine. If you can show, through clinical studies that it works then it is medicine. If you can't then it is not."Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #8 November 30, 2006 Quotethe NHS funding alternative practisioners And while I'm an advocate of instituting national health care in the US, this is an example of what gives the "anti" side a "bogeyman" to invoke: that a country's NHS will consider money before patients, and basically conduct itself like the claims department of an insurance company: try to save money by treating patients on the cheap with voodoo and chicken-lips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
