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Integrated medicine

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7279.119 (Published 20 January 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:119

Rapid Response:

Integrated medicine: Give Us Research!

Patients may be running to the alternative therapist. But we still
need to have scientific data to back up what we do.

This problem is especially dangerous in the United States: The FDA
does not regulate Herbal or Diet supplements.

Research in alternative therapy should be more than window dressing
before we "integrate."

Competing interests: No competing interests

19 January 2001
Michael Loren
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas