If you're one of them, you may want to look beyond conventional medicine for relief.

But patients who avoid conventional medicine can find themselves in trouble.

It can also describe practices used along with conventional medicine.

"But in emergency situations conventional medicine is the way to go."

Conventional medicine just did not help me live with what I had.

There cannot be two kinds of medicine - conventional and alternative.

And when poor self-esteem is the root problem, conventional medicine doesn't work.

The third reason might be that conventional medicine, just as any other discipline, has its limitations.

"All have the potential to be dangerous," he said but added that "the same is true for conventional medicines and drugs."

A challenge to those of us in conventional medicine is to be open-minded.