You might be surprised at the number of medications which are effective for specific conditions or symptoms but for which we don't know the mechanism that achie

You might be surprised at the number of medications which are effective for specific conditions or symptoms but for which we don't know the mechanism that achieves the effect. Yes, modern medicine has a large component of throwing stuff at the wall to see if it sticks. If it sticks, and it passes all the usual clinical trials to prove it does more good than harm, it's approved, even if we don't understand exactly why it works.