Need Advice For Dog Itch Problem

[OakLeaf]

Homeopathic treatments have as many side effects and drug interactions as "drugs" do. They are chemicals, just like the processed drugs, and since they aren't purified the way the manufactured are, they can have more interactions and more side effects. They are also often given at higher doses, which again increases the possibility of adverse outcomes.

Nep, nep, nep. Maybe you're confusing "herbal" vs. "homeopathic."

Homeopathic treatments, by definition, are given at minuscule doses. When a homeopathic remedy is labeled, say, 6C, it's a dilution of 1:1,000,000,000,000. The extreme dilution is actually the criticism that allopathic practitioners most commonly raise against homeopathic theory. For the same reason, allopathic practitioners and the FDA recognize that homeopathic treatments have no drug interactions and no side effects (except for the possibility that a patient is extremely sensitive or allergic to the base, most commonly lactose tablets).

Standard allergy immunotherapy is a form of homeopathy (or technically, homotoxicology). OTC homeopathic allergy treatments work exactly the same way, except that the dosage isn't titrated to the patient.

Homeopathic treatments are purified as carefully as pharmaceuticals and regulated by the FDA under the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States.



WRT the potential trigger: pine, like almost all trees, pollinates in the spring. In most of the northern hemisphere it's weed season - ragweed, lamb's quarters, pigweed, etc. - and molds may be high, too. Two of my dogs were very sensitive to weed pollens.

[Biciclista]

NEP?
yeah i was wondering about that. Homeopathic doses are SO TINY!

Nep, nep, nep. Maybe you're confusing "herbal" vs. "homeopathic."
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[TsPoet]

Homeopathic treatments are purified as carefully as pharmaceuticals and regulated by the FDA under the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States.
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Nope, FDA does nothing with homeopathy. Unless you mean the truth in labeling attempts - ie what's in the bottle is supposed to be on the label. Over the counter drugs, as well as prescription drugs, have to undergo the safety and efficacy testing. The FDA has decided that the dilutions make the compounds so ineffective they also won't be toxic. They'll change that after someone is seriously injured or dies.
The immunotherapy aspect is the only one where homeopathy might work, since the immune system will magnify the effects, but I've never heard of that stated before you did. Then I read what you said again - and the immunotherapy theory doesn't apply to other processes, so it isn't an argument for homeopathy working - except via the same mechanism.