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              The phrase Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) applies to all approaches to health care that lie outside the realm of conventional medicine, in the United States.

               Conventional medicine refers to medicine practiced by licensed physicians and other allied health professionals. Complementary or Integrated Medicine is used in combination with conventional medicine, while Alternative Medicine is used to replace it.

               The safety and effectiveness of Complementary therapies have been researched by Western Medicine. Evidence suggests such therapies actually enrich conventional treatment. Although those that fall under Alternative Medicine have not yet been inducted by our medical community, does not mean that they are ineffective or unsafe.  It simply means that they have not yet been accepted by medical professions mostly due to the lack of research.  At one point, Chiropractic services fell under the category of Alternative Medicine. It's practitioners were not only ridiculed but also imprisoned.  Today, these same services are widely accepted throughout the United States and covered by many insurance companies. 

               All CAM should be discussed with a primary care physician before being administered.  
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