Petition to stop homeopathetic medicines for pets

[John S]

Nice to see that a petition has been set up by a vet to try to get homeopathic medicines banned from animal treatment. As far as I'm concerned, anyone using these quack remedies on their pets should be prosecuted for animal cruelty.....

 

More from the BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36734179

 

The petition https://www.change.org/p/the-royal-college-of-veterinary-surgeons-a-call-to-ban-veterinary-surgeons-from-prescribing-homeopathy-as-a-treatment-for-animals

[Tigger]

We don't use them ourselves,but i'd like to have the choice. We know a few people who do use homeopathic treatments and they all seem to have good results.

Homeopathic treatment is just another option rather than being stuck with the usual chemical laden, side effect ridden, genetically modified shyte that vets often "sell" you at a hyped up prices.

 

As an example of homeopathic medicine...a friend of ours had a dog that developed a serious skin problem, after multiple concoctions from her vet costing her many hundreds of pounds which seemed only to make the dogs skin worse as it lowered it's immune system the vet put her onto a speciaist vet.

After months of treatment from the specialist vet "again costing lots of money" the dog got worse.

Our friend stopped going to the specialist and went to Herbaticus (a herbalist) to try the alternative treatmenat. Within three months the dog was making amazing progress but she got a letter from the specialist asking why she was no longer taking the dog to him for treatment (and paying him lots more money).

When he found out she was having the alternative treatment he threatened her saying she either come back to him for treatment or he would report her for animal abuse. He refused to listen that the dog was better without his treatment saying the dog needed putting down and he'd see it done if she refused to go back to him.

 

Understandably upet by the threats shed receieved, She took her dog back to her local vet who was amazed to see the results of the alternative medication and offered to write a letter in her support should she be reported for animal abuse.

The dog has made a full recovery without any further veterinary treatment and has never been ill since.

 

I've had all kinds of animals from being an infant and had numerous dealing with vets, some good ones but mostly money grabbers.

[Steve Walker]

Herbal medicines can have powerful effects, though. There's no basis for how homeopathy could actually work.

[chesters1]

I know accupuncture works

I used to work for an old lady who had an elderly miniature schnauzer as the thing aged it started to get trouble getting up and it often winced when walking ,a trip to the vets resulted in nothing more than pain killers and big bills for scans etc.

Anyway she moved and 6 months later she called me up to tidy her new garden up .

I arrived and was met by a barking dog which ran across the garden as i pulled up ,i said had she got a new shnauzer and she laughed and said it was the same one but it had a course of accupuncture .

Now it must work the dog cannot think it was working and convince itself it was better .

Her vet had advised her to have it put down as the backbone (which was the root of the trouble) was irreparable (now a certain vet would have a good chance of curing it) .

 

On the issue of alternative medicine if its not directly harmful to the animal and used in conjunction with real medicine i see no harm ,our old goose had bad knees and a few doses of fish oli on bread made it a new bird i doubt a vet would even bother with a goose intent on ripping your face off if it got the chance!

If homeopathy worked then animals would get better! like accupuncture they cannot think its working i doubt the placebo effect could do anything except in humans

 

Its like chinese medicine if it were so great why are there sick chinese people and why do the hospitals use modern medicines?

Edited July 8, 2016 by chesters1

[corydoras]

Homeopathy does not, cannot do anything. Herbal remedies and Homeopathy are not the same thing.

[Tigger]

For thousands of years people have used herbs in medical treatment and most of todays medicines are based on this knowlage.

 

Another alterntive is acupuncture which is often used on dog, race horses etc etc.

[Tigger]

Homeopathy does not, cannot do anything. Herbal remedies and Homeopathy are not the same thing.

Usual bullshine from you lol.

 

If it doesn't work, how is it that the NHS use it!

Edited July 8, 2016 by Tigger

[corydoras]

For thousands of years people have used herbs in medical treatment and most of todays medicines are based on this knowlage.

 

Another alterntive is acupuncture which is often used on dog, race horses etc etc.

Yes and we have tested herbs and the ones that work we call medicine. Once an "alternative" medicine has been shown to work it's no longer "alternative".

[corydoras]

Usual bullshine from you lol.

 

If it doesn't work, how is it that the NHS use it!

It's on its way out pal.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3316720/Ban-homeopathy-NHS-no-evidence-works-ministers-say.html

 

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/homeopathy/Pages/Introduction.aspx#available

[chesters1]

Homeopathy itself may not work but believing it may could work ,the body has a marvellous recovery system if the right button is pushed in minor ailments or just time itself

Clutching at straws is ok if the straws are cheap and theres no alternative but if the active ingredient is a billionth of tiny i would expect to pay a billionth of the cost of the original thing

Edited July 8, 2016 by chesters1