Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of posts online from various news outlets about the dangers of different medications. Included in this list are proton pump inhibiters for babies, a new Parkinson’s drug, Xanax and other benzos, fever reducers for babies, and anti depressants.
None of this is new to practitioners who deal with people suffering from side effects but missing from all these reports is that there is a safe alternative for much of what they report and that is homeopathy.
Baby “Reflux”
In the case of babies on “reflux” meds – we’ve been treating babies having digestive issues successfully since the beginning days of homeopathy in the 1800s. Many parents begin their journey with homeopathy and their children from their happy outcomes after using remedies for spitting up, projectile vomiting, colic, gas, constipation and other baby GI problems.
Xanax and other Anxiety Meds
Its always worth trying to tackle anxiety (which lets face it most of us have a lot more of these days) with homeopathy before taking a medication that will probably be addictive and hard to stop. My own experience in my mid-20s of having a large “breakdown” and suffering from panic attacks gave me first hand the experience of being dependent on Valium and then Xanax (according to the dates I’m one of the first ever on it). The cycle of anxiety caused by the drugs alone made the entire nightmarish experience one that I will never forget. Homeopathy has taken the mental and emotional state of people into consideration since the early 1800s and so pre-dates Freud. There’s no possibility of addiction and we are returning the body to a state it was in where its not in fight or flight – a big difference from medication.
None of this is new to practitioners who deal with people suffering from side effects but missing from all these reports is that there is a safe alternative for much of what they report and that is homeopathy.
Fever Reducers for Babies and small children:
Fevers, while dangerous when very high or prolonged, can be a helpful tool for the body to fight off whatever virus or infection is happening. Homeopaths treat the fever in a gentle and safe way to and the body will still be able to do its amazing job without possible damage. Parents in my practice become well versed in alternative ways to bring a high temperature down a little to a more manageable place without dropping it down to normal – because we know that when we artificially mask pain and bring a fever down to normal the child thinks they are “well” and plays and over exerts and then can make their actual illness worse and cause more trouble!
Weaning off Antidepressants
One of the most common complaints people contact me about is trying to get off anti-depressants when they were not meant to stay on them long term but then the side effects made coming off them very difficult. You can use your doctor’s prescribed weaning method and working with a good homeopath and using remedies for support will hopefully give your body a much easier time.
Finding it Hard to Wean off Antidepressants
Homeopathy and Safety
With homeopathic remedies that are from a homeopathic pharmacy or made by a reputable manufacturer such as Boron, one never has to worry about any toxicity in remedies and the way remedies are prepared they are so dilute they can only work using the homeopathic philosophy of “like treating like” and can not cause harm or “side effects”. While modern medicine can be miraculous, some people would rather use a tried and tested safe alternative. Many people come to Homeopathy once they’ve tried the most extreme medical interventions and not been helped (TEETH – tried everything else try homeopathy). This means that we are not only experienced in dealing with the illnesses and symptoms themselves but in many cultures also in dealing with the iatrogenic or medicine induced illnesses that can accompany some interventions.
