I've also read that Paul Allen tried both.

@gsiamne We had a bass player whose HepC kicked in, and went the alt med route, and died at 43. My best friend of over 50 years had HepC, went through all the treatments, and he beat it, not a trace left. He is 71.

@Sticks48 I concur but that is also a small debate of a virus versus cancer.

@gsiamne The virus turned into liver cancer. That is what can happen with HepC.

Not necessarily. When Ignaz Semmelweis invented antiseptic medicine in 1847, it was alternative medicine. It wasn't until Joseph Lister published his articles in the Lancet in 1867 that antiseptic medicine became conventional medicine. Unfortunately Semmelweis had already died in an insane asylum in 1865. But in 1969 the largest medical school in Hungary was renamed as Semmelweis University.

I don't believe that the rate of adoption of controversial new treatments has improved since then. In 1949 Duke University Medical School graduate Dr Frederick Klenner published his clinical research in which he reported curing all acute viral infections with massive doses of intravenous vitamin C. In the 69 years that have elapsed since then Dr Klenner's published work has neither been refuted or widely adopted; just very largely ignored. Meanwhile people frequently die of the flu without vitamin C being employed as even a last resort treatment. Perhaps in the year 2318 Duke medical school will be renamed after it's perhaps most distinguished alumnus (apologies to Ron and Rand Paul!).

I agree with you that for the most part conventional medicine excels in emergency treatment while alternative medicine, or diet and exercise, can often be better for chronic complaints.

I think that the exception may be acute viral infections, for which there is nothing in the medical literature to improve on the results reported by Dr Klenner for 50 grams of intravenous vitamin C.