re anti viral herbs kxgst pitt edu kenneth gilbert writes unfortunately it was rather poorly researched and would not be available today if it were just invented keep in mind however that those were the days when a bottle of coca cola really did contain coca extract and a certain amount of active cocaine times have changed and our attitudes need to change with them well yes that was a part of my point aspirin has its problems but in some situations it is useful ditto stuff like licorice root taking anything as a drug for theraputic purposes implicitly carries the idea of taking a dose where the benefits are not exceeded by any unwanted additional effects taking any drug when the potential ill effects are not known is a risk assumed by the parties involved and it may be that in a given situation the risk is worthwhile like prozac for instance prozac has been shown to be theraputic in some cases where the tri cyclics fail but prozac hasn t been in use that long and it really isn t clear what if any effects it may have when taken over long periods of time even though it has been tested by present day standards should prozac be taken off the market because long term effects if any are not known imho i d say no euclid kenneth gilbert university of pittsburgh general internal medicine pittsburgh pa kxgst pitt edu dammit not a programmer kenneth gilbert university of pittsburgh general internal medicine pittsburgh pa kxgst pitt edu dammit not a programmer euclid k standard disclaimers apply it is a bit ironic that we need the wave model of light to understand the propagation of light only through that part of the system where it leaves no trace hudson nelson university physics
