On 2016 Oct 05, Kausik Datta commented:

Congratulations to the authors for undertaking this informative study of physician behavior in Germany. I have a question about a study parameter: an important differentiating variable in this study seems to be the nature of the prescribed medication, pharmacological vs. phyto-pharmacological. However, the paper as published seems to lack any information on what medications the study considered pharmacological or phyto-pharmacological. It may likely be beyond the scope of this paper, but I'd like to have some information on the "phyto-pharmacological" medications prescribed by German GP-NPs evaluated in this study. May I request a pointer from the authors?

COI Disclosure: I have no direct competing interest with this study, the authors or their sponsors, but I am personally interested in science and ethnobotany, and am known to be skeptical of wide-ranging claims made by CAM practitioners.

On 2016 Oct 05, Kausik Datta commented:

Congratulations to the authors for undertaking this informative study of physician behavior in Germany. I have a question about a study parameter: an important differentiating variable in this study seems to be the nature of the prescribed medication, pharmacological vs. phyto-pharmacological. However, the paper as published seems to lack any information on what medications the study considered pharmacological or phyto-pharmacological. It may likely be beyond the scope of this paper, but I'd like to have some information on the "phyto-pharmacological" medications prescribed by German GP-NPs evaluated in this study. May I request a pointer from the authors?

COI Disclosure: I have no direct competing interest with this study, the authors or their sponsors, but I am personally interested in science and ethnobotany, and am known to be skeptical of wide-ranging claims made by CAM practitioners.