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Article: Homeopathic medicines gain broader acceptance. (Industry Overview)
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- Chain Drug Review
- Article date:
- July 18, 1994
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It is not as if our homeopathic brothers are asleep; far from it, they are awake (many of them at any rate) to the importance of the scientific study of disease.--Sir William Osler
Many people are skeptical about homeopathic medicines, but they are rapidly becoming a minority. According to research published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 27% of American pharmacists consider homeopathic medicines useful, and only 18% consider them useless.
Most American pharmacists, according to the survey, didn't know enough about homeopathic medicines to have an opinion. One significant finding of the study is that pharmacists consider homeopathic ...