Talk:Serratiopeptidase

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[edit] 20 MAR 08 Renovation

I've gutted this article and rebuilt it to comply with WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:FRINGE.

As it stood, it was an unreferenced, uninformative, and un-encyclopedic pro-homeopathy push piece. I've added reliable references and summarized the assessment by the Bandolier British medical journal that, thus far, no scientifically sound studies exist which suggest serratiopeptidase is effective as a treatment for any disease. It's officially classified as a homeopathic by the US FDA (meaning in the US the manufacturers can't legally claim it's actually designed to do anything or treat any disease), and finding a medical dictionary which was even willing to list it as biologically-active was tough. I'd worry about undue-weight except for the fact that the two sources I put in the article were the only verifiable, independent Internet sources that were willing to touch this with a 10-foot pole.

There is, however, the standard web-based collection of 3rd-party hearsay and anecdotes, as well as a variety of foreign-based websites hawking homeopathics that don't have to obey US law on product labeling and advertising and will thus, of course, say absolutely anything that sells bottles of pills. A lot of them will refer to studies that don't exist, create fake ones out of thin air, or create fake medical informational pages to provide the illusion of approval from the medical community. Needless to say, none of this nonsense carries weight here.

I doubt anyone will care, since this page has never seen a comment, but I felt an explanation was in order. Bullzeye ^{(Ring for Service)} 07:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)