Can I use homeopathy alongside other types of treatment and medicines?
Can I use homeopathy alongside other types of treatment and medicines?
So the simple answer is yes, homeopathy is really safe and has very few interactions. It's generally safe to take with medicines with other types of treatments. The one caveat to that would be to understand how in homeopathy you may get aggravations of particular symptoms, and that can happen sometimes if the dose is too high or sometimes if you're very sensitive.
And so that might cause issues with medication that you're already taking or may also be difficult to monitor yourself if you're doing it alone. So I think you need to understand about how to dose and monitor homeopathic medicine and understand about aggravations. And so I would say, ideally, it's is taken under the guidance of a qualified homeopath. If you are taking medication or other treatments and have any sort of chronic health problems that you're trying to manage.
So the simple answer is yes, homeopathy is really safe and has very few interactions. It's generally safe to take with medicines with other types of treatments. The one caveat to that would be to understand how in homeopathy you may get aggravations of particular symptoms, and that can happen sometimes if the dose is too high or sometimes if you're very sensitive.
And so that might cause issues with medication that you're already taking or may also be difficult to monitor yourself if you're doing it alone. So I think you need to understand about how to dose and monitor homeopathic medicine and understand about aggravations. And so I would say, ideally, it's is taken under the guidance of a qualified homeopath. If you are taking medication or other treatments and have any sort of chronic health problems that you're trying to manage.
Dr Sally Moorcroft
Specialist in Integrative and Functional Medicine
