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There is valid reason to keep homeopathic treatments - sometimes psycho parent/patient comes to a doctor and demands a treatment. While doctor knows that there
by Elhana 10y ago
There is valid reason to keep homeopathic treatments - sometimes psycho parent/patient comes to a doctor and demands a treatment. While doctor knows that there is none needed, such parent might be persistent and could otherwise give a child/himself something dangerous. In this case prescribing homeopathic placebo is a great way to calm down such person and stop him from self-medication.
Sadly, it has a side effect of people starting to think that it actually works.
- jamiesonbecker 10y agoOk, when prescribed by a physician as you point out. My response was specifically about the GP's point regarding unsafe remedies for teething. Teething is itself natural, safe, and perfectly normal, even if is a bit painful... so letting the process occur naturally is the most homeopathic approach. It's ironic and tragic that people are giving their precious little ones poison to stop what is really just pain from normal growth. Real "homeopathic" treatments that actually work are things like a rubber teething toy to chew on, or a stalk of celery... that's about as natural as it gets! Poisons need not apply.