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Safety of Homeopathic Medicines:
We believe that the safety profile
of homeopathy has been well established. As a result, Sunway offers homeopathic
products for use by for all categories of consumers - adults, children,
pregnant mothers, and breastfeeding mothers. The pregnancy warning on all
Sunway products is required by law, specifically FDA regulation 21CFR201.63
(a). While this warning should always be honored, it is important to note that
homeopathic products are generally considered to be:
General Homeopathic Safety
A. In the FDA Consumer Magazine (December 1996), an FDA Drug Evaluation and
Research officer reports: "The FDA regulates homeopathic drugs in several
significantly different ways from other drugs. The reasoning behind the
differences is that, since homeopathic products contain little or no active
ingredients, from a toxicity, and poison-control standpoint (more rigorous
regulation) is deemed to be unnecessary. This disparate treatment has been
primarily based on the uniqueness of homeopathic products, and the lack of any
real concern over their safety…. ."
B. Safety of homeopathy was studied by doctors associated with the Royal
London Homoeopathic Hospital (RLHH) inEngland. They looked at papers published
between 1970 and 1995 for reports of adverse effects of homeopathy. Adverse
effects reported in clinical trials were temporary aggravations of symptoms or
other mild and transient effects (mostly headaches, tiredness, skin eruptions,
dizziness or diarrhea). Only a very few isolated reports of actual adverse
effects have been attributable to homeopathic medicines. One of the expressed
reasons for the popularity of homeopathy among patients at the RLHH is that it
does not have the side effects associated with many conventional drugs
Grabia S, Ernst E. Homeopathic aggravations: a systematic review of
randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trials. Homeopathy 2003; 92: 92-8.
Sharples F, van Haselen R. Patients' perspectives on using a complementary
medicine approach to their health. A survey at the Royal London Homoeopathic
Hospital NHS Trust.London, 1998.
C. The Canadian Pediatric Society, in their publication, Pediatrics &
Child Health 2005;10(3): 173-177, states: "Properly prepared homeopathic
medicines are generally considered to have few side effects because they are so
dilute. For the same reason, they are unlikely to interact with conventional
medicines…there is a very small risk of toxicity of homeopathic
medicines."
Homeopathic Safety for Pregnancy,
Labor & Infancy
D. In their article, Homeopathy: The Safest Medicine for Pregnancy and Labor
- Healing with Homeopathy, Judyth Reichenberg-Ull man and Robert Ull man (both
licensed naturopathic physicians board certified in homeopathy and authors of 7
books on health matters affecting women and children) write:
"Homeopathy is the safest form of medicine you will ever find, plain
and simple. Safe for pregnant moms, for newborn babes, for debilitated, elderly
folks at the end of their lives, patients who are hypersensitive to other
medications…"
E. In the Mothering Magazine article, Homeopathic Remedies for Labor and
Birth, Jana Shiloh (author of "Curing Colic and Lactose Tolerance with
Homeopathy" and "Homeopathy for Birthing") states that
Homeopathic remedies work quickly, naturally, and often dramatically. She goes
on to describe 14 homeopathic remedies that she recommends to pregnant women,
midwives, childbirth educators, and birthing assistants to have available for
use during labor, birth, post-partum, and for the newborn.
F. Dr. James Tyler Kent, the father of American homeopathy, said, "A
pregnant woman is more sensitive to the indicated homeopathic remedy than at
any other time…. The physiological functions are more active and, because great
changes are occurring throughout the whole organism, the remedy has a much
better opportunity to do its work."
G. In his article Proven Safety of Homeopathy Pregnancy, Birth, Nursing,
and Infancy, Frank King Jr., D.C. writes: "For centuries, homeopathy has
been safely and successfully used to treat a plethora of common conditions
associated with pregnant and nursing women. Not only does homeopathy assist in
treating the mother during pregnancy or nursing, but it also enhances the
health of the unborn or nursing child as well."
H. A 2001 survey of 1,607 pediatricians conducted by theAmericanAcademyof
Pediatrics reports that 4% of the responding pediatricians recommend homeopathy
to treat: 1) recurrent respiratory infection; 2) moderately severe asthma; and
3) ADHD.
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