Does anyone use homeopathic drugs? If so are they a positive alternative to modern medicine?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Homeopathic medicine should not be confused with natural or herbal medicine, it is much more specific. Homeopathic remedies are prepared by taking small quantities of ingredients and diluting them over and over until as little as one molecule or zero molecules of the original substance remain. The main benefit of homeopathy is that people claim there are no side effects. I believe this is true because there are no effects whatsoever of taking, for example, one molecule of sand. (I saw a homeopathic doctor once who actually prescribed this - "silicea"). The "stronger" the homeopathic remedy, the more times it has been diluted. Homeopathy is fairly similar to witchcraft in that there is a very specific somewhat magical procedure for creating the medicine, a lot like casting a spell, but with no scientific reason to believe the medicine should actually do anything. I am not saying that spells cannot work for some people, but it is not a scientific process. Modern medicine uses plenty of natural chemicals as well as synthetic, however in the interest of purification and cost they often switch to synthetic over time. Additionally the drug companies are more interested in synthetic chemicals which they can patent in order to keep costs unnecessarily high. Natural and herbal medicines can and should still be used when there is scientific evidence that they work and are safe. Again, don't confuse this with homeopathy.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

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