Side effects of conventional drugs as "symptoms" in Repertory?

[ChristineL]

If an animal expresses side effects of a conventional drug it's taking, and the side effects are prominent and persistent, how do these "symptoms" (side effects) come into play in symptoms in the Repertory and thus finding the right remedy (-ies) in Materia Medica? Let's say, if the drug is stopped, the symptoms would disappear....

 

[Dr. Jeff]

Another super-fantastic question Christine! ?‍

You are referring to the imbalance which in homeopathy is called the "drug dis-ease".

This is a huge consideration when collecting symptoms for homeopathic analysis.

It is best not to use these symptoms.

Which is why it's great to know what symptoms were present before any drugs were used.

These are often called side effects in conventional medicine but are actually just unintended extra effects of the drug which cause adverse symptoms.

This is a conventional medical article from your HMDM folder which discusses this:

dosing drugs and individualization Introduction--Don-t-Just-Dose-Choose-a-Specific-Targe_2017_Individualized-Dr.pdf

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In it they say:

It is also said in drug package inserts, for example, that one should individualize dosage to body weight and renal function, for example. But again, to what specific end—what specific goal? The answer to this question is usually not explicitly stated.

This lack of information is typical of drug package inserts, which mention only a dose, “one-size-fits-all,” not the need to hit a specific, individualized target goal.

For good patient care, we should carefully individualize drug dosage for each patient to achieve some desired target goal, such as a serum concentration, or an effect, such as bacterial kill and a tolerable degree of toxic leucopenia, or its profile over time. We must then observe the patient, and often we should monitor serum concentrations or other responses at appropriate and optimally informative times, and adjust the dose as needed....

Here's a great homeopathy article about this topic from a master homeopath (who wrote one of the books you should read) in 1903:

Drug diseases Close.pdf

drive.google.com

Note that it is the lack of individualization that creates this problem.

Unintended ("side") effects are often related to a high dose or long-term use (of a non-essential drug).?

The unintended effects often resolve after stopping the drug, but not always.

Whether they do or not depends on the sensitivity of the individual and the dose and duration of drug use.

Please ask any follow-up questions about this very important issue if you are still unclear.

Thanks for asking!?