Unfortunately...

Eri — 6/8/2010 5:36:32 PM (archived)

The average consumer can't read. At least not educational type items on meds and such. The average consumer is a ready target to be preyed upon.

Every so often there will be horror stories about some herbal product killing people. Which is bullshit. OVERUSE and WRONG use of herbs can kill people if you get some potent herbs and an uninformed consumer. Take ephedra, for example. When it was still a legal herb, I used to mix a tiny pinch with some other herbs and drink. It solved my asthma problem and got me off an inhaler. That was 20 years ago. Now I'm back on an inhaler and could use that ephedra but assholes marketed it for things it shouldn't have been used for and then uninformed consumers doubled their doses, figuring it was an herb and so what could it matter... Ephedra is potent and I knew that and never even had so much as a rapid heart beat because I researched it before using. Plus, I had a Native American herbalist to advise me.

And that is your average consumer, hell bent on self-destruction.

Information is useless if not read and understood.

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I am flamin' mad - Jody - 6/5/2010 11:52:40 PM
- You got a better idea? - TB - 6/6/2010 6:56:30 PM
- Re: Why they advertise. - ER - 6/6/2010 12:37:42 PM
  - Re: Re: You really don't believe any of that do you? - SDAI-Tech - 6/7/2010 8:29:56 PM
    - It's called Caveat Emptor n/t - RobVG - 6/7/2010 8:54:06 PM
      - A phrase that is meaningless in a socialist/nanny state n/t - SDAI-Tech - 6/9/2010 10:12:47 PM
  - Re: Re: "Do not completely agree?" - ER - 6/7/2010 5:54:25 PM
  - Re: "Do not completely agree?" - TB - 6/7/2010 5:26:05 PM
  - Re: Evil? - ER - 6/7/2010 5:02:21 PM
  - Evil? - TB - 6/7/2010 3:29:34 AM
  - Re: You really don't believe any of that do you? - er - 6/7/2010 3:15:56 AM
    - Re: You're putting conservatives in a very tiny box. - ER - 6/7/2010 5:08:57 PM
    - He has to. (n/t) - TB - 6/7/2010 3:30:09 AM
    - You're putting conservatives in a very tiny box. - RobVG - 6/7/2010 3:29:15 AM
  - You really don't believe any of that do you? - RobVG - 6/6/2010 7:18:48 PM
    - ER has some good points. - Eri - 6/6/2010 7:52:46 PM
      - That was a good one. - RobVG - 6/7/2010 2:55:28 AM
        
        Damn! You mean they don't? - Eri - 6/7/2010 5:30:55 PM
        
        It's a wonderful illustration - RobVG - 6/7/2010 9:23:06 PM
        
        Information - TB - 6/7/2010 9:44:25 PM
        
        Unfortunately... - Eri - 6/8/2010 5:36:32 PM
        
        They aren't licensed in Missouri - Eri - 6/10/2010 12:41:23 AM
        
        Good! - TB - 6/10/2010 1:07:19 AM
        
        Re: Unfortunately... - TB - 6/9/2010 1:01:13 AM
        
        Except... - Eri - 6/7/2010 9:32:21 PM
- Drugs - TB - 6/6/2010 5:39:21 AM
  - Re: Well, now - TB - 6/6/2010 6:48:03 PM
  - Well, now that's crap! - Eri - 6/6/2010 5:16:43 PM
- Tom.. - Eri - 6/6/2010 4:55:58 AM
- Why they advertise. - Eri - 6/6/2010 4:51:54 AM
- Ouch. "Free" e-mail sites. - TB - 6/6/2010 4:27:40 AM
- Re: Re: Re: I am flamin' mad - ER - 6/6/2010 3:42:09 AM
- Thanks Tom!!! - Jody - 6/6/2010 2:15:20 AM
- Oh yeah... - Jody - 6/6/2010 2:11:26 AM
- Prescription drug advertising - TB - 6/6/2010 2:04:55 AM
- I hope that's a good thing :) n/t - RobVG - 6/6/2010 2:01:00 AM
- Re: Re: I am flamin' mad - TB - 6/6/2010 2:00:36 AM
- RobVG! - Jody - 6/6/2010 1:58:58 AM
- Caution - RobVG - 6/6/2010 1:54:54 AM
- I guess I was hoping it really was not that obvious.. - Jody - 6/6/2010 12:46:15 AM
- Re: I am flamin' mad - ER - 6/6/2010 12:33:33 AM

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