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FeatheryRomance
181 posts |
#51358 2007-11-18 18:02 GMT |
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InnocentPuPs
215 posts |
#51359 2007-11-18 18:13 GMT |
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i think they work better than regular medicine.
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GodThingie
199 posts |
#51360 2007-11-18 18:13 GMT |
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If YOU believe they are.
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Moonguide
196 posts |
#51361 2007-11-18 18:15 GMT |
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I use homeopathic medications, and also refer patients to a homeopath physician. For several reasons, they don't have much side effects, they don't harm the liver or kidneys like most prescription drugs, and usually cheaper than prescription drugs.
However, I don't always use homeopathic medications. I use what is in the best interest of my patient. Starting from conservative to more invasive methods. Basically, you don't use a shotgun to kill a mosquito. |
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Pebble
177 posts |
#51362 2007-11-18 18:25 GMT |
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I know of people who have used them very successfully. I don't use them but I did once. I heard that they are a wonderful alternative but you need to know what you are doing with them. More importantly you need to nourish your body properly as most ailments stem from improper dietary practices.
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RadicalRodent
199 posts |
#51363 2007-11-18 18:58 GMT |
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homeopathic medicine is basically a modern medicine. for example....take an aspirin dilute it in water....dilute again and again...only the process of diluting is a lot more technical than that. same process with any homeopathic medicine.....you will see numbers on the bottle...like 4x ...that means how many times it has been diluted
the basic principle is that by diluting you get rid of all the extra stuff and you are left with the energy from the drug and nothing more. i use them....some work some do not. |
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Minnie
182 posts |
#51364 2007-11-18 19:00 GMT |
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I think some things really are better than modern medicine. But you have to be careful and well educated when it comes to taking homeopathic drugs, because they too have adverse reactions and they aren't always compatible with modern meds. I take blood pressure medicine and some other modern meds. I tried something once, without being informed (my fault), and I had an adverse reaction.
I have a friend who uses all natural ingredients and takes homeopathic drugs. She swears by it. She is pretty healthy and is full of energy. |
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WellBalanced
208 posts |
#51365 2007-11-18 19:22 GMT |
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You need both. Homeopathy in most cases avoids the sometimes dreadful side effects that you sometimes or often get with conventional medicine but conventional medicine in most cases works much faster than homeopathy so each has its pluses and minuses.
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Flutterby
187 posts |
#51366 2007-11-18 20:17 GMT |
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I have been on homeopathic medicines for 4 mths and 10 years on prescribed medicines and I choose the natural way better. I dont deal with the side effects plus they work so much better on me.
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Doughnut
186 posts |
#51367 2007-11-18 22:12 GMT |
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Homeopathic drugs????? It's only tap water with a heaping dose dose of placebo. It's a joke that would be laughable if it weren't for all the charlatans who sell it and the naive,gullible, ignorant and/or desperate who buy (into) it.
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DarkThinkeR
208 posts |
#51368 2007-11-18 23:15 GMT |
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I have to laugh at what the board certified M.D. said. It sounds like they need to be reeducated on some things about healing. I feel bad for your patients if you are so closed off to alternatives that are so effective.
It really says something when regular people know about what works more then an educated physician. |
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Arachnid
207 posts |
#51369 2007-11-19 01:01 GMT |
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Homeopathic drugs are exactly identical to plain water. It's amusing to see homeopathic enthusiasts try to explain that away.
Homeopathy is not an effective alternative to real medicine. Of all the "alternates" to modern medicine put forward by faithful believers, homeopathy makes the least sense. (I guess Reiki might be a competitor). Homeopathy has failed every test of efficacy. Said one observer of the testing (I paraphrase): "The weaker the evidence, the stronger the belief." In short, Homeopathy is for gullible fools. Information for the can be found at the following websites. See especially the paper: "Homeopathy — The Ultimate Fake". ADDED Freetochoose is at it again — inserting the same lame crackpot webpage critical of Quackwatch. Quackwatch is thoroughly reputable and has won many awards for excellence in consumer education. Cranks have been trying for many years to discredit the website and Dr Barrett through character assassination, outright lies, and attempts at intimidation. They have failed. This is the reason quacks and crackpots hate Quackwatch. Details of Dr. Barrett's detailed response to the lies eagerly repeated by Freetochoose can be found below. Excerpts: "Bolen's comments about legal matters were related to suits that the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) filed in California against individuals and companies that we believe were falsely advertising. NCAHF sued about 40 defendants, and I have also been involved as a consultant or expert witness in similar cases filed by other parties. Overall, at least ten were settled with agreements under which the defendants promised to stop making the false claims to which we objected. A few cases were dropped for technical reasons, such as our discovery that the defendant was not doing enough business in California to justify continuing the suit. In two other cases, involving about ten defendants, NCAHF received adverse rulings in which the courts rejected our legal theory that sellers should carry the burden of proving that what they claim is true. (The courts ruled that the state attorney general can enforce the law in this manner, but private citizens and public-interest group cannot.) These rulings don't prevent similar cases from being brought in the future, but they make them more complicated than they are worth. Bolen's most persistent smear is his description of me as "de-licensed." He is fully aware that "de-licensed" means having one's license taken away by regulatory authorities and that I merely retired in 1993. I have committed no misconduct and retired in good standing, but Bolen likes to pretend that I have done something wrong. The Pennsylvania Board of Medicine now classifies my license as "Active – Retired," which means that I can prescribe for myself and my immediate family. Since I no longer see patients, there is no reason to maintain a broader license." |
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SoftballPlayer
199 posts |
#51370 2007-11-19 05:12 GMT |
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Sorry, man, but homoepathy is useless. There has NEVER been one single documented case of it doing anything for any condition that was not either placebo effect, or to the patient's own defenses working over enough time. People will believe what they WANT to believe, but it is really just wishful thinking. No correctly produced, double blind study had ever shown homeopathy to have any effect whatsoever.
read this: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRela... And you know, the believers will say that this is being 'closed- minded'. But I ask you: what is really closed-minded; accepting something blindly without researching the scientific facts behind it before making a judgement, or exploring the possibility that there is a logical explanation for the phenomenon. I am completely open to homeopathy IF even one documented case could be shown as being definitively cured by it, but unfortunately, there has never been. It's like psychic 'powers'- James Randi has a standing offer of one million dollars to the first person that can prove that their psychic powers are real- so you'd think, after all the years he has had this offer open, that someone, somewhere in this greedy world would come forward and claim the million bucks. Hasn't happened. Same thing with homeopathy. People react as if you are challenging their religion; and in a way, that is accurate- both are based on unprovable tenets and blind faith. Naturopathy, however, is a different matter entirely- there is some very interesting stuff going on, and a lot of potential for scientific strides in the field of health, but there is also a lot of fakery, delusion, and wishful thinking here too- too many unliscensed people calling themselves NDs without any real medical training. It would be a great thing if naturopathy was taken more seriously by the medical associations. |
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RedBlocker
193 posts |
#51371 2007-11-19 06:24 GMT |
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after you visit quackwatch visit
http://www.canlyme.com/quackwatch.html this site will give data on the author of "watch" sites. He is a shill for AMA yep, crackpot website listed about is just a reprint of the yet another court case lost by Barrett, et al. all the "watch"sites Kalos listed are managed by the same crew....only objective is to discredit anything not md http://www.quackpotwatch.org |
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CreamPetals
192 posts |
#51372 2007-11-19 13:07 GMT |
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Homeopathic "remedies" (they are NOT "drugs"!!) are nothing but water, and they have NEVER been successful in any valid clinical study. They're a joke on gullible people.
Never trust any medical "system" that was conceived by a single person working independently. |
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