Can I take thyroxine & homeopathic remedy all at once?
I have started taking thyroxine 100 mg from today. I also contacted homeopathic who gave me some remedy (kinda drops) to take for my panic attacks & also for iron defeincency & hypothyrodism. Can I take all at once or I have to take that seperately. Though She told remedy won’t interfere with other priscribed medicine.
You can take homeopathic remedies with anything, because they have no active ingredients and don’t actually do anything.
Homeopathy has become a marketing term, and the companies that use it make millions of dollars selling mostly placebos and fakery to people who really want to believe. Companies WANT you to think "oh, I’ve heard about homeopathy for years, so it must work."
What is homeopathy?
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Classical homeopathy originated in the 19th century with Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) as an alternative to the standard medical practices of the day, such as phlebotomy or bloodletting. Hahnemann’s theories were based on metaphysical energies rather than on biology, anatomy, chemistry, etc.
Classical homeopathy is generally defined as a system of medical treatment based on the use of infinitesimal amounts of substances that in larger doses produce effects similar to those of the disease being treated. For example, the homeopathic remedy for sleeplessness is a highly diluted dose of caffeine. Hahnemann believed that very small doses of a substance could have very powerful reverse healing effects because their potency could be affected by vigorous and methodical shaking (succussion).
So in other words, if you put a tiny amount of some ingredient in water, then shake it, then dilute it, then shake it more, then dilute it more, eventually you’ll have an effective medicine.
Homeopathic dilutions
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Homeopathic dilutions are indicated by letters like X or C. "X" means dilute 10 to 1. So a dilution of 6X means do a 1 in 10 dilution six times. Or, in other words, 1 part ingredient, 1,000,000 parts water (six zeros). "C" means dilute 100 times. So a 6C dilution means 1 part ingredient, 1,000,000,000,000 parts water. You can find many homeopathic remedies available with 30C dilutions – you do the math. And the totally ridiculous bit of advertising – the bigger the dilution, the "stronger" the medication.
Here is a useful table of homeopathic "potentencies" and their dilution rates (0.1ml of original ingredient):
6C = 4 Olympic class swimming-pools.
13C = 3/4 of all Earth’s oceans.
16C = Sphere of water the size of Earth.
19C= 10 Spheres with same diameter as our Solar System
22C = 1 cubic light-year
26C = 1 Sphere with same diameter as the Milky Way
Another example, the very popular homeopathic remedy Oscillococcinum 200C is made with a 1 in 100 dilution performed 200 times. That’s 1 part ingredient in 1 followed by 400 zeros parts water, then sprinkled on a sugar pill. Now, physics will tell you that there is not a single molecule of duck liver on your sugar pill.
In summary, the homeopaths are scamming you. They’re selling you WATER. Or, they’re selling you a sugar pill on which water has been sprinkled!!!
Hahnemann came up with his ideas before we knew what molecules were. So when molecular theory came along and proved that many homeopathic remedies didn’t have even a single molecule of the original substance, homeopathy proponents like Jacques Benveniste tried to prove that water "remembered" the original ingredient. (1) They never explained how the water "remembered" the homeopathic ingredient but didn’t "remember" the copper pipes, glass jars, or fish poop from the lake it came from. (2) Benveniste was completely discredited when it turned out his lab technicians were altering data so that their boss would have positive results.
http://br.geocities.com/criticandokardec/benveniste02.pdf
Do Homeopathic Remedies work?
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Because it has marketing appeal, "Homeopathic" is used as a label on many things, including soothing creams and herbal remedies that are NOT classic homeopathic dilutions. An herbal remedy may work just fine, but it is just like any drug, and should come with all the same testing and warnings as any drug. However, the classic homeopathic dilution liquids and pills do NOT work better than water or sugar pills.
1) Large scale, well-designed studies of homeopathic dilutions find they work no better than placebo. (But don’t underestimate the power of a well-delivered placebo to cure somebody’s complaint. Just don’t use it for cancer or malaria or AIDS, etc.)
2) Many of the people who point to studies and say "See! This study says it works" are pointing to the same set of studies by Reilly published in Lancet in the early 90s. Nobody has been able to independently repeat Dr. Reilly’s results.
3) There is a million dollar prize available from JREF for anyone who can show, under reasonable scientific controls, that homeopathic dilutions work better than placebo. The prize has been available for over a decade, and nobody has claimed it. Here is an example of a failed attempt: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s827502.htm
4) No homeopathic practitioner (or anyone else) can tell the difference between a vial of homeopathic dilution and plain water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml
5) James Randi regularly demonstrates homeopathic remedies do nothing by taking an entire bottle of Calms Forte – a homeopathic sleep aid. Even though the box says "warning, don’t exceed recommended dosage", the entire bottle of pills has no effect on Randi or on anyone else.
In short, homeopathic pills/dilutions don’t work any better than sugar pills.
Why does the FDA allow ineffective "medicines" to be sold?
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Because of their long use in the United States, the U.S. Congress passed a law in 1938 declaring that homeopathic remedies are to be regulated by the FDA in the same manner as nonprescription, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, which means that they can be purchased without a physician’s prescription. Today, although conventional prescription drugs and new OTC drugs must undergo thorough testing and review by the FDA for safety and effectiveness before they can be sold, this requirement does not apply to homeopathic remedies. In other words, the FDA gave anything with the words "homeopathic" an exemption from the requirement to demonstrate that they’re effective.
Most people know that the herbal remedy St. Johns Wort can reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. However, unlike herbal remedies, there are no "drug interaction" warnings for homeopathic remedies. Why? Because they don’t do anything.
Conclusion:
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If you can be cured by placebo, then by all means, continue supporting the imaginative people who dream up all the different homeopathic remedies. But you should look at the price on the box and ask yourself: Is this a lot to pay for sugar pills and water?
Comments
Comment from balsarath
Time January 17, 2010 at 11:35 am
The drops you have been given are simply water. Therefore there will be no adverse effect from taking it in conjunction with your real, scientifically based medication.
References :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy
http://www.acahf.org.au/articles/homeopathy2.htm
http://www.acahf.org.au/articles/homeopathy1.htm
Comment from udaya k
Time January 17, 2010 at 11:57 am
Homeopathy medicines usually do not interfere with conventional medicines. Thyroidinum in homeopathy is harmless and curative within few doses repeated at intervals. Kali phos 6X would help you with panic attacks, and Ferrum Met 3X/Ferrum Phos 3X with iron assimilation problems. Deficiency never happens unless you are convalescing or you had tremendous loss by bleeding etc. It is always assimilation problem unless you are starving for food. Lecithinum 3X will increase the blood count. It is always good not to mix two medicinal systems or combine two medicines. In conventional system you are already mixing too many medicines which even the doctor do not know what chemicals they contain, what are their actions when these chemicals comes in contact with innumeral organic chemical agents in the body, what are their byproducts and to what ailments and desruptions in body system they lead to. They just prescribe because the brochure inside the box says it is good for this and that and found helpful in some, or he has been taught so, not attempting to find out whether any further damage has been done to that patient in other areas of the body after giving that particular set of medicines. That damages, if any happened is an altogether new ailment for the doctor to treat further and therefore they are convenient. This is how the medicine the health industry works and it is for each of us to see what suits best for us and consult your doctor and ask questions to satisfy yourself what is best and what is not. With best wishes.
References :
Medicines should always be taken in consultation with doctor.
Comment from RickK
Time January 17, 2010 at 12:37 pm
You can take homeopathic remedies with anything, because they have no active ingredients and don’t actually do anything.
Homeopathy has become a marketing term, and the companies that use it make millions of dollars selling mostly placebos and fakery to people who really want to believe. Companies WANT you to think "oh, I’ve heard about homeopathy for years, so it must work."
What is homeopathy?
————-
Classical homeopathy originated in the 19th century with Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) as an alternative to the standard medical practices of the day, such as phlebotomy or bloodletting. Hahnemann’s theories were based on metaphysical energies rather than on biology, anatomy, chemistry, etc.
Classical homeopathy is generally defined as a system of medical treatment based on the use of infinitesimal amounts of substances that in larger doses produce effects similar to those of the disease being treated. For example, the homeopathic remedy for sleeplessness is a highly diluted dose of caffeine. Hahnemann believed that very small doses of a substance could have very powerful reverse healing effects because their potency could be affected by vigorous and methodical shaking (succussion).
So in other words, if you put a tiny amount of some ingredient in water, then shake it, then dilute it, then shake it more, then dilute it more, eventually you’ll have an effective medicine.
Homeopathic dilutions
————
Homeopathic dilutions are indicated by letters like X or C. "X" means dilute 10 to 1. So a dilution of 6X means do a 1 in 10 dilution six times. Or, in other words, 1 part ingredient, 1,000,000 parts water (six zeros). "C" means dilute 100 times. So a 6C dilution means 1 part ingredient, 1,000,000,000,000 parts water. You can find many homeopathic remedies available with 30C dilutions – you do the math. And the totally ridiculous bit of advertising – the bigger the dilution, the "stronger" the medication.
Here is a useful table of homeopathic "potentencies" and their dilution rates (0.1ml of original ingredient):
6C = 4 Olympic class swimming-pools.
13C = 3/4 of all Earth’s oceans.
16C = Sphere of water the size of Earth.
19C= 10 Spheres with same diameter as our Solar System
22C = 1 cubic light-year
26C = 1 Sphere with same diameter as the Milky Way
Another example, the very popular homeopathic remedy Oscillococcinum 200C is made with a 1 in 100 dilution performed 200 times. That’s 1 part ingredient in 1 followed by 400 zeros parts water, then sprinkled on a sugar pill. Now, physics will tell you that there is not a single molecule of duck liver on your sugar pill.
In summary, the homeopaths are scamming you. They’re selling you WATER. Or, they’re selling you a sugar pill on which water has been sprinkled!!!
Hahnemann came up with his ideas before we knew what molecules were. So when molecular theory came along and proved that many homeopathic remedies didn’t have even a single molecule of the original substance, homeopathy proponents like Jacques Benveniste tried to prove that water "remembered" the original ingredient. (1) They never explained how the water "remembered" the homeopathic ingredient but didn’t "remember" the copper pipes, glass jars, or fish poop from the lake it came from. (2) Benveniste was completely discredited when it turned out his lab technicians were altering data so that their boss would have positive results.
http://br.geocities.com/criticandokardec/benveniste02.pdf
Do Homeopathic Remedies work?
————–
Because it has marketing appeal, "Homeopathic" is used as a label on many things, including soothing creams and herbal remedies that are NOT classic homeopathic dilutions. An herbal remedy may work just fine, but it is just like any drug, and should come with all the same testing and warnings as any drug. However, the classic homeopathic dilution liquids and pills do NOT work better than water or sugar pills.
1) Large scale, well-designed studies of homeopathic dilutions find they work no better than placebo. (But don’t underestimate the power of a well-delivered placebo to cure somebody’s complaint. Just don’t use it for cancer or malaria or AIDS, etc.)
2) Many of the people who point to studies and say "See! This study says it works" are pointing to the same set of studies by Reilly published in Lancet in the early 90s. Nobody has been able to independently repeat Dr. Reilly’s results.
3) There is a million dollar prize available from JREF for anyone who can show, under reasonable scientific controls, that homeopathic dilutions work better than placebo. The prize has been available for over a decade, and nobody has claimed it. Here is an example of a failed attempt: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s827502.htm
4) No homeopathic practitioner (or anyone else) can tell the difference between a vial of homeopathic dilution and plain water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml
5) James Randi regularly demonstrates homeopathic remedies do nothing by taking an entire bottle of Calms Forte – a homeopathic sleep aid. Even though the box says "warning, don’t exceed recommended dosage", the entire bottle of pills has no effect on Randi or on anyone else.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2785985155605802136
In short, homeopathic pills/dilutions don’t work any better than sugar pills.
Why does the FDA allow ineffective "medicines" to be sold?
—————
Because of their long use in the United States, the U.S. Congress passed a law in 1938 declaring that homeopathic remedies are to be regulated by the FDA in the same manner as nonprescription, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, which means that they can be purchased without a physician’s prescription. Today, although conventional prescription drugs and new OTC drugs must undergo thorough testing and review by the FDA for safety and effectiveness before they can be sold, this requirement does not apply to homeopathic remedies. In other words, the FDA gave anything with the words "homeopathic" an exemption from the requirement to demonstrate that they’re effective.
Most people know that the herbal remedy St. Johns Wort can reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. However, unlike herbal remedies, there are no "drug interaction" warnings for homeopathic remedies. Why? Because they don’t do anything.
Conclusion:
——–
If you can be cured by placebo, then by all means, continue supporting the imaginative people who dream up all the different homeopathic remedies. But you should look at the price on the box and ask yourself: Is this a lot to pay for sugar pills and water?
References :
Comment from Stoner1
Time January 17, 2010 at 10:49 am
I would contact your doctors before you do that. Drug interactions are potentially very dangerous. Your doctor will know the interactions between pharmaceutical Medicines and homeopathic remedies. Again, I strongly urge you to contact your doctor.
References :