“There is no problem and no risk ofinteraction », Confirms Dr Greppo, general practitioner and homeopath. Homeopathy can be used on its own for common ailments. But, faced with strep throat or pneumonia, the homeopathic doctor himself will add antibiotics to his prescription. It is perfectly possible to take medication for hypertension and at the same time resort to homeopathy to treat a cold, for example, without compromising the effectiveness of the various treatments.
We associate allopathy and homeopathy in the case of chronic conditions
It is sometimes even interesting to add the two therapies. In diabetes, for example, when insulin injections are essential, add thehomeopathy may allow better management of the disease. Another example, cited by Dr Chemouny: “20 to 30% of patients have dangerous hypertension, which is resistant despite the use of three different allopathic drugs. By adding a homeopathic remedy, results are far from negligible. “In many diseases, combining the resources of the two medicines thus makes it possible to obtain better results, while reducing conventional medicines and their side effects. This is why more and more doctors are using this strategy, including in hospitals.
And for the little ailments of everyday life?
You can obviously do the same at home. Faced with migraines or allergic manifestations very partially relieved by allopathic medicine, nothing prevents to call the granules in reinforcement of its usual treatment to improve the results. Or even to use them in addition to reduce the side effects of certain treatments (fatigue, nausea, anxiety, constipation). “In case of high fever in children, we can give granules every two hours and be reassured by adding paracetamol for the night, illustrates for his part Dr. Greppo. Or, combine syrup and granules to treat nasopharyngitis. The only recommendation: it is better to take the granules 15 minutes before the other medications.
