Acupuncture

shamusasia wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
This article was posted on MSNBC.com and is an important one for healthcare consumers to read.  It does actually mention acupuncture as a safe and effective alternative to NSAID’s for back pain which of course is true.  There are acupuncture, herbal medicine, and nutritional alternatives to most of the conditions listed so contact your friendly local acupuncturist like myself to find out what you can do!
8 drugs doctors wouldn’t take
If your physician would skip these medicines, maybe you should, too
By Morgan Lord
Mens Health
updated 2:47 p.m. ET, Sun., June. 22, 2008
With 3,480 pages of fine print, the Physicians’ Desk Reference (a.k.a. PDR) is not a quick read. That’s because it contains every iota of information on more than 4,000 prescription medications. Heck, the PDR is medication - a humongous sleeping pill. 
Doctors count on this compendium to help them make smart prescribing decisions - in other words, to choose drugs that will solve their patients’ […]

Read the rest of this great post here