WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE USE OF PATENT HOMEOPATHIC COMBINATIONS?

  “Ido not use patent combinations in my practice except “Gold drops” for hypertension and cardiac problems. I believe in key-note prescribing. ”

- Dr. Neeraj O. Goel, Professor and Head of Materia Medica Dept., CMP Homoeopathic Medical College, Bombay, India

 “They may claim to give temporary (but incomplete relief). But, as far as cure is concerned, they are of no use.”

- Dr. S. K. Goel, Principal of CMP Homoeopathic Medical College, Bombay; formerly A.M.O. Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay and Deputy Director- Homoeopathy, Govt. of Maharashtra

 “Criminal.”

- Dr. Farokh J. Master, M.D. (Hom.) Hon. Homoeopath- Mumbadevi Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay Hospital; Member Central Council of Homoeopathy, Govt. of India; Internationally renowned teacher and author of several books

 “I do not prescribe to the idea of patent homeopathic combinations. I rarely prescribe them. However, I have found some cardiac tonics, liver tonics and general tonics useful. I use them with caution in few cases.”

- Dr. K. P. Muzumdar, Chairman of the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee, Govt. of India; Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy; the Central Council of Homoeopathy and the Governing Body of the National Institute of Homoeopathy, Govt. of India. Professor Emeritus at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University; Visiting Professor at the Manitoba Institute of Homoeopathy, Canada

Former Director of the National Institute of Homoeopathy, and the Central Research Institute, Govt. of India; former Head of Dept. of Pharmacy at CMP Homoeopathic Medical College, Bombay

 “I do not use in my practice so cannot comment on it.”

-Dr. Jawahar J. Shah, Developer of the homoeopathic software ‘Hompath’; Member- Central Council of Homoeopathy, Govt. of India; Internationally renowned teacher

 “No, I do not use them. I believe that such combinations can give relief to the patient temporarily.  But the kind of improvement I would like to see in a patient as mentioned above is not possible.”

-Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Hon. Homeopath- Mumbadevi Homeopathic Hospital, Internationally renowned teacher and author of several books.

 “My opinion is strictly negative about them.”

- Dr. Ramgopal D. Tapadia, Principal of T.S. Homoeopathic Medical College, Amravati for the past 25 years; Member- Central Council of Homoeopathy, Govt. of India. He has presented a paper on Hepatitis B at the LMHI Conference at Seattle, USA in 1997.