How a bee sting saved my life: poison as medicine

[Luxman]

Another one of the countless alternative cures that no doctor will ever prescribe, because there's no money to be made.

http://mosaicscience.com/story/how-bee-sting-saved-my-life-poison-medicine

 

[Will E Worm]

Another one of the countless alternative cures that no doctor will ever prescribe, because there's no money to be made.

http://mosaicscience.com/story/how-bee-sting-saved-my-life-poison-medicine

That's criminal. Doctors should be giving out medicine, not drugs.

They should also be curing diseases.

 

[somedah]

Another one of the countless alternative cures that no doctor will ever prescribe, because there's no money to be made.

http://mosaicscience.com/story/how-bee-sting-saved-my-life-poison-medicine

I don't buy that. No money to be made, but she sells some "alternative" beauty stuff herself, that isn't even any sort of medicine. There isn't such cure to prescribe, as they are still researching the subject.

"There’s a long way to go for bee venom and melittin. And it takes a lot of work – and money – to turn a discovery into a safe, working medicine."