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dybydx
Lv 4
dybydx asked in Cars & TransportationOther - Cars & Transportation · 6 years ago

If an alternative therapy is actually effective, should it be called alterrnative anymore?

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  • Bill
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    If it is not the normal therapy used by the majority of providers it would be called the alternative choice.

  • ?
    6 years ago

    I think that the word 'alternative' isn't a synonym for 'doesn't work'! It means that it's not the mainstream treatment. So to stop being called 'alternative' the treatment would have to become mainstream. Does that help?

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