Kim Neve

I don't know anything about arnica, but I can tell you with absolute
certainty as a biologist/pharmacologist that a pharmaceutical company
would never fund research on a substance that the company doesn't hope
to bring to market. They would only fund research on arnica or other
natural products if they hope that the products will turn out to be safe
and effective.

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> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:04:08 -0700
> From: Michael Mann
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Arnica
> To: Jon Myers
> Cc: obra@list.obra.org
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> It doesn't take a whole lot of research to find double-blind studies finding
> arnica to be quite effective in relieving swelling and pain. Like a lot of
> studies involving naturopathic/homeopathic/alternative treatments, the
> research discounting their effectiveness is often (but not always) funded by
> U.S. drug companies. No surprises there, I suppose. I'm all for truly
> scientific studies, but you also need to examine whether those conducting
> the research are truly unbiased regarding naturopathic remediesAll I can say
> is try it for yourself and see if it works for you.
>