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Why pharmacists should not sell homeopathic products
Article first published online: 25 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01052.x
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Issue
Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
Volume 15, Issue 4, pages 280–283, December 2010
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How to Cite
Pray, W. S. (2010), Why pharmacists should not sell homeopathic products. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 15: 280–283. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01052.x
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Keywords:
- Homeopathy;
- professionalism;
- quackery
Abstract
Homeopathy has grown to an alarming extent in the USA in recent decades. There are many compelling reasons for pharmacists to refuse to stock and sell these products. For instance, their safety and efficacy is unproven, patients using them may forego legitimate medical therapy, their sales yield a dishonest profit, selling them may expose the seller to legal consequences, they violate the oath of the pharmacist, they foster the encroachment of quackery in medicine, and they appeal to greed and profit motives. Pharmacists should adhere to a high professional standard that demands proven safety and efficacy in the products they sell.