Cortison (Cortiso) und Corticoides (Cortico) Anhang
DO
HOMOEOPATHS USE STEROIDS?
DR. FAROKH
J MASTER
This is a
very common question discussed during homoeopathic consultations. The answer is
definitely „NO‟. Any homoeopath who is committed to his science and is a
man of integrity has no need to use steroids or mix
any other
medicine in homoeopathic pills or powders.
I am
practicing homoeopathy since the last 23 years, teaching internationally since
the last 18 years and I find this system so useful, giving excellent results
both in acute as well as chronic conditions, that there is no room
for any
malpractice.
However,
patients argue that they have got the powders and pills analyzed showing “test
for cortisone positive”.
My argument
with them is on the following points:
1. If a
patient is being given cortisone for a long time (more than 30 days), then the
following side effects will start appearing- swelling of the face or puffiness
of the face (moon faces); osteoporosis i.e. washing away of
calcium
from the bones and bones becoming weak and brittle; development of diabetes,
indicated by high blood sugar levels and presence of sugar in urine.
Unfortunately none of the patients, who got the medicine tested
for cortisone,
developed any of these complications.
2.
Cortisone is not a universal panacea or a universal cure for each and every
illness. Giving cortisone only helps those patients who suffer from asthma,
rheumatoid arthritis, and other collagen disorders. It does not help if
given to
patient suffering from any disease other than the diseases mentioned above. In
fact it may aggravate the condition. Also giving cortisone with homoeopathic
medicine itself suppresses the action of the homoeopathic remedy. Most of the
patients who had the medicine tested for cortisone either came for consultation
of recurrent cough and cold or recurrent sore throat. Giving steroids to them
is useless as it is of no use to them! In view
of this why
should any homeopath use steroids when it is going to do more harm than good?
Recently I
had an occasion to these allegations. One of my patients got the medicines
analyzed that tested positive for steroid, at the most reputed hospital in
South Mumbai. It was mentioned in the report that the “sample
contains
less than the normal levels of cortisone”. This is technically incorrect
reporting as it clearly gives the signal to the reader that homoeopathic drugs
do contain cortisone, even if it may be in a negligible amount.
After
contacting the chief pathologist there, he argued that the there was no
cortisone in the sample and hence he has reported “below the normal range
level”. However, I emphasize that this can damage the reputation of homoeopathy
in general. Hence, in future all the samples should either be reported just as
positive or negative for cortisone.
Also, many
laboratories are not well equipped with the latest technical know how of
testing steroids; as samples collected by the hospitals in Mumbai neither have
expertise nor the equipment to do the correct complete
procedure.
Dr. Anil
Nibhkar, an expert in the field of pharmacology, and an ex-head of the
department of pharmacy at Kalina, Bombay University when contacted clearly
stated that the calorimetric method using tetrazolium blue salts
gives false
positive results. The only authentic test for steroids is Liebermann Buchard
test or thin layer chromatography test or UV absorption test.
It is very
essential for the patient to know that before they accept the claim, that the
tested medicine contains steroid, they should find out the procedure of the
test as false allegation against any homoeopath is not only
sunfair but
is cancerous to the whole profession.