Thu, 03 Jul 1997

Migraine therapy

I am grateful to you for publishing my letter Alternative migraine treatment (July 1). But I would appreciate it if you could publish the following corrections.

Due to a typographical error, the first paragraph reads: "... the 'migraine market' is not worth more than one billion dollars". This should read "... the 'migraine market' is now worth more than one billion dollars".

The second paragraph read: "First, the drug companies are competing to find another magic way to ease the symptoms, not a method to eliminate the cause of migraine." My original words were: "First, that, as usual, the drug companies are competing to produce not a method to eliminate the causes of migraine, but for yet another magic bullet to ease the symptoms." The difference in wording may be slight, but the difference in meaning is important.

In the third paragraph, the final version reads: "Second, they are appealing to a public still reluctant to take personal responsibility for a health problem, preferring instead to wait for a 'cure' from an outside source." My original words were: "to expect a 'cure' from an outside source". Again, the difference may seem slight but the difference in meaning is considerable.

You also eliminated the fact that I am a natural therapist.

NURHUDA

Jakarta