The homeopathic scam.

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konfab

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Context: my wife and I do not believe in any sort of homeopathic medicine whatsoever. It is complete pseudoscience garbage. If you believe in this garbage, get out this thread now.

Moving on: My wife took our 6 week old baby to have her vaccinations at a local pharmacy. She was a bit worried about what she should do if there were side effects to the vaccinations. The nurse on duty said either Panado or something she recommends which is called Viburcol N. My wife who trusted this nurse, went with the Viburcol N. When she got home, we found out it was a homeopathic suppository.

Should I try get a refund from them for this garbage product? Or will they try and tell me that a homeopathic medicine is actually protected by the Medicine and related substances act?
 
There's a brilliant That Mitchell and Webb Look vid on Youtube regarding homeopathy. At work so can't link it but well worth the quick Google search.

What are the ingredients in it? Anything on the label that may suggest it could work still?
 
Isn't homeopathic normally using small amount of a natural product? This seems to be using a decent amount of a natural product according to this:

Heel Viburcol Suppositories 12 Suppositories - Clicks

Heel Viburcol N 12 Suppositories is a homeopathic remedy formulated to help with the management of symptoms related to common infections and restlessness in chi
clicks.co.za clicks.co.za

Is the problem with the natural product bit or...?

I don't know much about these things and rarely use any medicine not prescribed by doctor as needed.
 
konfab said:
Context: my wife and I do not believe in any sort of homeopathic medicine whatsoever. It is complete pseudoscience garbage. If you believe in this garbage, get out this thread now.

Moving on: My wife took our 6 week old baby to have her vaccinations at a local pharmacy. She was a bit worried about what she should do if there were side effects to the vaccinations. The nurse on duty said either Panado or something she recommends which is called Viburcol N. My wife who trusted this nurse, went with the Viburcol N. When she got home, we found out it was a homeopathic suppository.

Should I try get a refund from them for this garbage product? Or will they try and tell me that a homeopathic medicine is actually protected by the Medicine and related substances act?
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Tell her you've got one in your penis :thumbsup:
 
Looks more like a herbal medicine than homeopathic as it actually has ingredients in it. But yeah if there's no proof of efficacy nurses shouldn't be recommending it.
 
I did not even know homeopathic suppositories existed.....

Are you sure it's homeopathic and not just herbal?
 
B-1 said:
Looks more like a herbal medicine than homeopathic as it actually has ingredients in it. But yeah if there's no proof of efficacy nurses shouldn't be recommending it.
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It's bafflingly funny how people confuse homeopathic and herbal remedies with each other. Homeopathy does buggerall for me but herbal remedies have instant effects sometimes I have found.
 
Goosfrabba said:
There's a brilliant That Mitchell and Webb Look vid on Youtube regarding homeopathy. At work so can't link it but well worth the quick Google search.

What are the ingredients in it? Anything on the label that may suggest it could work still?
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Composition: each suppository contains: Chamomilla Recutita D1 1,100mg, Atropa Belladonna D2 1,100mg, Plantago Major D3 1,100mg, Pulsatilla Pratensis D2 2,200mg, Calcium Carbonicum Hahnemanni D8 4,400mg.Pharmacological classification: D.32.2.
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The DX system is their idiotic dilution system. D1 means that is the stuff is as result of a 1:10 dilution. D2 is a 1:100, D3 is a 1:1000, D8 is 1:100000000 dilution etc
 
konfab said:
It is complete pseudoscience garbage
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100% correct

Lodge a complaint with the chemist itself or even possibly their head office and if you get no response or apologies out of them, log a complaint with the Health Professional Council of South Africa. https://www.hpcsa.co.za/.

Personally, I have had enough of pseudo-science and homeopathy trying to vye for a piece of the money-pie world-wide. These scam-artists need to be stopped. They're milking unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned cash with pseudo-science.
 
Wel... you paid for it..... might as well try it and see first. If nothing else honestly trying it first will count in your favour when you start complaining.

But now that I look at it again..... panado for side effects? really? My vaccinations almost killed me and no ammount of panado would have helped.
 
rambo919 said:
Wel... you paid for it..... might as well try it and see first. If nothing else honestly trying it first will count in your favour when you start complaining.

But now that I look at it again..... panado for side effects? really?
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I am not going to shove untested medication up my baby daughter's bum if she has a fever.

And yes, panado is perfectly fine for a baby that gets a bit of a fever from a vaccination.
 
The main ingredient is chamomile as in the ingredient in chamomile tea which has a mild tranquilising effect. Next ingredient is the poison, nightshade which in low doses is a safe cough suppressant.

So it should do something at least.
 
konfab said:
Context: my wife and I do not believe in any sort of homeopathic medicine whatsoever. It is complete pseudoscience garbage. If you believe in this garbage, get out this thread now.

Moving on: My wife took our 6 week old baby to have her vaccinations at a local pharmacy. She was a bit worried about what she should do if there were side effects to the vaccinations. The nurse on duty said either Panado or something she recommends which is called Viburcol N. My wife who trusted this nurse, went with the Viburcol N. When she got home, we found out it was a homeopathic suppository.

Should I try get a refund from them for this garbage product? Or will they try and tell me that a homeopathic medicine is actually protected by the Medicine and related substances act?
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Didn't you read the box when you picked it up off of the shelf?
 
Sensorei said:
The main ingredient is chamomile as in the ingredient in chamomile tea which has a mild tranquilising effect. Next ingredient is the poison, nightshade which in low doses is a safe cough suppressant.

So it should do something at least.
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I don't dilute my chamomile tea in 10 cups of water and think it is going to work.
 
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