I've got MS and (unfortunately!) live in Sweden. We're far behind all (?) other countries regarding althernative methods and therapies. As my MS is progressive there is no medical help (yet), but I'm sure I could get a lot of help from alternative therapies, if I could afford it and perhaps travel to other countries to get what I want. One example is bee venom therapy which I've read about and found very interesting. We're also discussing it on a mailing-list for people with MS. Many are interested. It has also helped people with reumatic deseases and I think there is more evidence that it helps for those deseases. But if you happen to be allergic it may be a big risk, so it's not recommended to tease bees to get stung! You may need immediate care to survive!

Kendall, you're absolutely right! Some of us who are interested in this have said that alternative or complementary ought to be called medicine traditional medicine as that it was it is! It came first! It's sad to watch the pharmaceutical industri earning lots of money on ill people and often giving them new problems that need more medicines… They don't want us to get well as we won't be profitable then!!!! :-(

Allan, I'm sorry, not many swedish physicians are that intelligent... (I don't really know what tha AMA is but I can guess...)

I hope my english is understandable even when I get upset and write without thinking so much! ;-)

Berit in Sweden