Talk:Apitherapy
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[edit] Merger
Think it should definitely be merged into Apitherapy, when apitherapy is used it is usually focused on bee venom therapy (which is a subset of apitherapy anyway)
[edit] Revert that I made
Reverted your changes, you added:
"Four of the nine patients had to drop out of the study because of exacerbations of their disease or because of possible progression of the disease."
This is unimportant. Every study has people drop out. MS gets better and worse, it does not indicate - nor should it be indicative - that the venom treatments had anything to do with this. Given the length of time the study takes place, they always have people opt out. Note also the study wasn't even around the efficiay of treatment, only saftey.
You also removed several links, why? They aren't ad sites, nor are the sites a collection of links, they have further information and are from apitherapy proponents.
Oogles 17:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit
Removed this sentence:
"While many areas of apitherapy is often just consuming bee products, bee venom therapy is the most commonly associated and not nutritional benefits of honey/bee products."
There are at least three grammatical errors in this sentence and its meaning is not clear.
Beeswax is by far the most common non-food bee product, much more common then bee venom therapy.
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- When "Apitherapy" is used, it commonly refers to bee venom treatments. If you see an "Apitherapy Clinic", you won't go there to eat beeswax and honey - but doing so can technically be 'apitherapy'. The useage of the term usually refers to a very specific subset of Apitherapy - Bee venom treatments. Not usually associated is any kind of nutritional benefits from consuming, say, honey - or nutritional benefits of any of the bee products. Oogles 02:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's been a month, you had no further questions about it, I placed it back. Oogles 03:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- When "Apitherapy" is used, it commonly refers to bee venom treatments. If you see an "Apitherapy Clinic", you won't go there to eat beeswax and honey - but doing so can technically be 'apitherapy'. The useage of the term usually refers to a very specific subset of Apitherapy - Bee venom treatments. Not usually associated is any kind of nutritional benefits from consuming, say, honey - or nutritional benefits of any of the bee products. Oogles 02:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removal I made
I removed this
"MSAA says about bee venom therapy, “Bee venom therapy entails a real risk of dangerous allergic reaction as well as an emotional and monetary cost in chasing false hopes"[1]. "
The actual quote from this page is:
""BVT entails a real risk of dangerous allergic reaction, as well as an emotional and monetary cost in chasing false hopes. The MSAA does not recommend or endorse the use of honeybee venom for the treatment of MS or other disorders. We are funding this study to determine if this approach has any neurological benefit. If the results prove positive, then additional clinical studies and possible treatment practices of MS can begin. If the results prove negative, then the MSAA has helped to eliminate false hope. Anyone interested in BVT should first consult his or her physician."
The first one implies that it's bunk. The second one implies that it's possible either way. They're actually funding studies to see if it has a benefit. Regardless, much of this info is already discussed elsewhere in the article and is redundant.Oogles 02:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
