Comments on: It started with an email… http://www.zenbuffy.com/2010/02/it-started-with-an-email/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Buffy http://www.zenbuffy.com/2010/02/it-started-with-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Buffy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:38:09 +0000 http://www.zenbuffy.com/?p=106#comment-49 That's true, they do sell a lot of things. My objection partly lies with the fact that they don't just sell them, they even make them. There are Boots brand homoeopathic remedies right there on the shelf, bold as brass. I object to the fact that they make them and sell them, because it's all complete rubbish, and unlike a skin cream, if someone neglects proper medicine to take homoeopathic pills, they could really endanger themselves (as opposed to just being a bit more wrinkly). Part of the campaign is to complain at Boots for making and selling complete rubbish, but the other part is to raise awareness so that, hopefully, more people will see the medicines for what they are (i.e. rubbish) and stop buying them. That’s true, they do sell a lot of things. My objection partly lies with the fact that they don’t just sell them, they even make them. There are Boots brand homoeopathic remedies right there on the shelf, bold as brass. I object to the fact that they make them and sell them, because it’s all complete rubbish, and unlike a skin cream, if someone neglects proper medicine to take homoeopathic pills, they could really endanger themselves (as opposed to just being a bit more wrinkly).

Part of the campaign is to complain at Boots for making and selling complete rubbish, but the other part is to raise awareness so that, hopefully, more people will see the medicines for what they are (i.e. rubbish) and stop buying them.

]]> By: JC http://www.zenbuffy.com/2010/02/it-started-with-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-48 JC Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:49:43 +0000 http://www.zenbuffy.com/?p=106#comment-48 "We know that many people [b]believe[/b] in the benefits of complementary medicines and we aim to offer the products we know our customers want." Yep. That would be the key word right there. I would also argue they believe in their profit margin. I wouldnt nesscarily have so much of a problem as Tesco or the likes selling them. They dont claim to be legititmate dispensers of prescribed medication.By selling in a pharmacy though it is giving the homoeopathic stuff authority by association. ie. "If they sell it in a pharmacy it must be good". I would suspect that Boots head office knows this and can hide behind the defence of "Well we dont actually make any claims about this stuff". “We know that many people [b]believe[/b] in the benefits of complementary medicines and we aim to offer the products we know our customers want.”

Yep. That would be the key word right there. I would also argue they believe in their profit margin.

I wouldnt nesscarily have so much of a problem as Tesco or the likes selling them. They dont claim to be legititmate dispensers of prescribed medication.By selling in a pharmacy though it is giving the homoeopathic stuff authority by association. ie. “If they sell it in a pharmacy it must be good”. I would suspect that Boots head office knows this and can hide behind the defence of “Well we dont actually make any claims about this stuff”.

]]> By: Conor http://www.zenbuffy.com/2010/02/it-started-with-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Conor Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:57:32 +0000 http://www.zenbuffy.com/?p=106#comment-46 I will say that when I was working in Boots on the healthcare counter I, and no one else there, ever recommended homoeopathic remedies instead of conventional medicine. The pharmacists did not either and would always try their best to make sure that people took the correct medicine for their condition. I think it needs to be remembered that Boots is also a retailer, not just a drug outlet, and thus their sales are based upon the demands of customers. They dont sell many things, usually specialist medicines, as their is not the market for them beyond the odd customer once every couple of months. They also sell skin care products which have no proof that they work like anti wrinkle, skin regeneration and anti cellulite creams. People wish to believe that these things work and once a trained professional does not tell them it definitively does there is little harm to them selling what people want. As I said pharmacists that I worked with anyway never said homoeopathic remedies work and thus I dont see the problem with them being sold. If someone asks them, they will tell them but the problem is most people believe what they want regardless of medical advice. I will say that when I was working in Boots on the healthcare counter I, and no one else there, ever recommended homoeopathic remedies instead of conventional medicine. The pharmacists did not either and would always try their best to make sure that people took the correct medicine for their condition. I think it needs to be remembered that Boots is also a retailer, not just a drug outlet, and thus their sales are based upon the demands of customers. They dont sell many things, usually specialist medicines, as their is not the market for them beyond the odd customer once every couple of months. They also sell skin care products which have no proof that they work like anti wrinkle, skin regeneration and anti cellulite creams. People wish to believe that these things work and once a trained professional does not tell them it definitively does there is little harm to them selling what people want. As I said pharmacists that I worked with anyway never said homoeopathic remedies work and thus I dont see the problem with them being sold. If someone asks them, they will tell them but the problem is most people believe what they want regardless of medical advice.

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