Pharmacy Times: Homeopathy A Growing Segment in OTC?

The Pharmacy Times provides interesting and relevant information to pharmacists, for example:

“It is generally accepted that 3 types of treatments are available:

– Manipulative: to directly impose change on tissue or function, usually via drugs or surgery
– Replacement: to replace necessary elements, such as tears, hormones, or insulin
– Regulatory: to prompt the body’s immune/self-regulating (mechanism of homeostasis) system, as with immunizations, allergy desensitization, acupuncture, and homeopathy

Conventional medicine traditionally utilizes the first 2 treatment types, while homeopathy, the third type, attempts to trigger the body’s self-regulating (immune) system to perform; for example:

– Lubricant eyedrops replace tears; homeopathic eyedrops stimulate tears.
– Antibiotics kill bacteria; homeopathic medicines trigger a stronger immune response.”

More Information: Homeopathic Products: A Growing Segment in OTC?