Complementary and alternative medicine

 Complementary and alternative medicines are not regulated by any government agency, so manufacturers are not under any guidelines about standardized doses of medication. An example of this problem was an alternative treatment for prostate cancer. This medication was tested using sophisticated spectrometry techniques and found to have non-naturally substances in the pills.

 Some complementary measures include botanical medicine, acupuncture for managing chemotherapy-associated nausea and vomiting and in controlling pain. All this is associated with surgery, prayer, psychological approaches such as meditation to aid in pain relief or improve mood.

 A wide range of alternative treatments have been offered for cancer over the last century. The appeal of alternative cures arises from the daunting risks, costs, or potential side effects of many conventional treatments. No alternative therapies have been shown in randomized controlled trials to effectively cure cancer, although the Journal of Urology published a study in 2005 demonstrating that a consuming plant based diet and making other lifestyle changes was able to reduce cancer risks in a group of men with prostate cancer using no conventional treatments. Other anti-cancer diets include the grape diet and the cabbage diet, and other alternative therapies include dietary supplements such as megavitamin therapy, electromagnetic therapy with electrical devices, specially formulated compounds (e.g. homeopathic remedies), unconventional use of conventional drugs (e.g., insulin), physical exercises, and herbal preparations. Some of these alternative treatments may be ineffective or dangerous. Using these modalities as a single treatment for potentially fatal conditions such as cancer is not recommended.