nonhomeopathic
Standard medical treatment
Nonhomeopathic describes medical treatments that don't rely on homeopathy—the alternative practice of using extremely diluted substances to treat illness.
The term appears most often in regulatory and pharmaceutical contexts to distinguish conventional medicines from homeopathic preparations: The FDA regulates nonhomeopathic drugs differently than homeopathic ones.
Manufactured medicinal compound
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- standardLevel of quality accepted
biomedicine · hospital · clinic · physician · specialist · diagnosis · treatment · surgery
Based on observation, not theory
- molecularOf tiny particles
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
genetics · microbiology · immunology · toxicology · mechanism · receptor · bioavailability · synthesis
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- implausibleUnlikely to be true
- unprovenNot yet established
debunked · Avogadro · skepticism · charlatan · anecdotal · fraudulent · misinformation · unscientific
Arranged by chance
- controlledKept within limits
- placebo-controlledTested against inactive substance
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
efficacy · proven · validated · reproducible · meta-analysis · biostatistics · outcome · intervention
pharmaceutical
Manufactured medicinal compound
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
standard · biomedicine · hospital · clinic · physician · specialist · diagnosis · treatment · surgery · antibiotics
empirical
Based on observation, not theory
- molecularOf tiny particles
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
physiology · genetics · microbiology · immunology · toxicology · mechanism · receptor · bioavailability · synthesis · laboratory
pseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- implausibleUnlikely to be true
unproven · debunked · Avogadro · skepticism · charlatan · anecdotal · fraudulent · misinformation · unscientific
randomized
Arranged by chance
- controlledKept within limits
- placebo-controlledTested against inactive substance
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
peer-reviewed · efficacy · proven · validated · reproducible · meta-analysis · biostatistics · outcome · intervention · research
homeopathic, homeopathy, homeopath, homeopaths, path, paths, pathos, pathology, pathological