Table 3.

Patients’ responses concerning their reasons for using CAM

	n	%
Seen no benefit from modern drugs	169	15.28
Thought it would prevent disease recurrence	254	22.97
Became tired of recurrence and decided to seek an alternative method	310	28.03
Natural and safe without side effects	463	41.86
Cheap	86	7.78
More reliable than modern medicine	38	3.44
Easier to reach	283	25.59
Don’t know	136	12.30
Other	31	2.80

Total percentage exceeds 100% as more than one response was allowed