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This 7 page paper focuses on alternative and complementary medicine in the United States, with special attention to the New York metropolitan area. How merchants in the region have capitalized on the trend is highlighted. The paper is replete with statistics and the trend and is discussed in respect to how things have changed within the past few decades. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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in the 1990s. Certainly over the past three decades the ideas have come to fruition and today, anyone can easily find alternative medicines in stores and from doctors who preach
the idea that mainstream ideology is not always correct. Ironically, prior to 1910, both medical doctors and alternative medical practitioners were on equal footing (Visalli 22). It was in 1910
that strict standards were adopted by medical schools and so everything changed (22). Still, even with the new paradigm, physicians today do tell
their patients to take zinc lozenges and vitamin C when they get colds and resist prescribing antibiotics. While that is the case, aside from traditional doctors jumping on the bandwagon
for at least acceptable alternatives, there are a myriad of choices in alternative medicine within the health care system and outside of it as well. Some alternatives are illegal in
America for example and people flock to Mexico to find cures for serious ailments. While it is the case that some medicine is
not approved for use in the United States, by and large, the vitamin and herbal medicines available over the counter is not regulated. Herbs, for example, are not subject to
Federal Drug Administration regulation ("St. Johns" 6). That is because they are not considered drugs by the FDA and so many dangerous and helpful substances are sold to people seeking
remedies that are not necessarily approved by medical associations or supported by physicians. How great is the alternative or complimentary medicine trend?
During 1998, Americans spent about $27.2 billion dollars on alternative therapies ("Alternative" PG). There have of late been record-setting sales in vitamin supplements and herbal products (PG). This trend is
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