I agree for the most part guys, but remember that things like Chinese herbal remedies can have a pretty harsh effect on the kidneys, so sometimes alternative or herbal drugs can be just as strong as normal medications. There may also be implications if your mixing both normal drugs and alternative 'drug-type' therapies, interms of toxicity and interactions.
Also remember that 'alternative' creams/ointments can be just as easily absorbed into the blood through the skin, so again could be as strong as normal medications.
That said I think you will only get good results from the self-healing route, so the more honest research you can do, the better.
One thing I always do is to ask 'How would it work?', this is easy with drugs like Dovonex, as its a known cell-killer, hence the treatment of P with it is based on the cell-killing property I think.
With alternatives it's not so easy, but the more research you do into each approach, the more likely you will be to find a good self-healing route.
But most of all I would say 'Trust your instincts'. Most of the opinions on this forum have been checked over by a moderator, so anything you see here should at least have some relevence to something involved with your p.
All the best, Brian
