No. If the patient has been taking conventional medicine for a long time, then medicines should never be stopped abruptly /suddenly. This may lead to severe complications. Once the patient has been improving , the other medications have to be tapered gradually under the guidance of the treating physician .But if there are certain other conditions that co-exist for which medicines cannot be withdrawn then such medicines can be continued safely with homoeopathy. The treatment schedule can be planned safely by the treating physician effectively.
Homoeopathy is safe and suitable for all age groups from infancy to old age , for both males and females and for almost all medical conditions.
Homoeopathy is a wonderful science of healing based on scientific principles. Like conventional system of medicine , investigations are necessary during homoeopathic treatment to decide the diagnosis of the disease, , for the management of the patient and the disease and to predict the future course of the disease.
Homoeopathy is a branch of medicine while surgery is also a branch of medicine. Homoeopathy many a times brings relief to many conditions and surgeries can be avoided like in pseudo surgical diseases like gall stones, renal stones , uterine fibroids , warts,tonsillitis, sinusitis etc but under certain medical parameters which need to be satisfied.
Ideally there are no food restrictions during the course of homoeopathic treatment. But strong smelling or odorous substances tend to antidote the medicines and hence must be avoided.Hence raw onion, raw garlic , and coffee are in general to be avoided. Also like as in conventional medicines, efficacy of the medicines tend to get reduced with addictions like tobacco , alcohol or any addictive drugs. Hence best avoided for the full efficacy of treatment.Also if the patient has certain food substances which tend to aggravate their underlying the condition, they are to be best avoided.
The duration of the treatment depends on the type of the disease, duration of the disease and the immunity of the affected person.
