HOW
OFTEN
DO
YOU
REPEAT
THE
DOSE
OF
THE
MEDICINE?
“Repetition of the dose depends upon the nature of the disease, e.g. If a patient comes with acute problems with clear cut symptoms, I would prescribe high potencies with repeated doses. If a patient were suffering from a chronic disease of a long duration, I would prescribe infrequent doses of the deep acting anti-miasmatic constitutional drug. This could vary from one dose every week, to a dose every fortnight or every month. The second dose is not repeated as long as the action of the first dose continues. I also sometimes instruct my patients to stop the repetition of the medicine as soon as they noticed a change in the existing symptoms. Once this reaction is achieved, then I do not repeat the medicine. ” -
Dr.
Neeraj
O. Goel,
Professor
and
Head
of
Materia
Medica
Dept.,
CMP
Homoeopathic
Medical
College,
Bombay,
India “Acute conditions- frequently. Chronic conditions- intermittently, depending on the reaction of the remedy.” -
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 “Please refer to my book “Practical Bedside Organon”, 2nd edition.” -
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 “Repetition
of
the
doses
has
a
definite
philosophy.
Understanding
of
Susceptibility
of
the
patient
is
essential.
This
is
well
written
in
the
chapter
of
Susceptibility
and
Immunity
by
Stuart
Close
in
his
book,
‘The
Genius
of
Homeopathy’.
One
can
refer
to
the
chapter
on
Susceptibility
in
Dr.
M.
L.
Dhawale’s
book,
‘Principles
and
Practice
of
Homeopathy’.
If
the
first
prescription
is
correct,
then
do
not
disturb
the
progress
till
there
is
improvement.
Wait
and
watch
is
the
best
policy.
Kent’s
12
observations
and
Hering’s
Law
of
Direction
of
Cure,
guide
one
properly.
Homeopathic
pracice
is
an
integrated
one
and
an
understanding
of
its
Philosophy
is
essential.
There
can
never
be
any
hard
and
fast
rules
on
frequency
of
dosages.
Each
case
is
different
and
Individualistic.” -
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 “Differs
from
case
to
case.
Normally,
in
acute
conditions,
we
repeat
it
every
four
hours.
The
Constitutional
drug
in
low
potency
is
repeated
more
frequently
(once
in
a
week);
higher
potency
as
and
when
required.
Again
it
can
be
interrelated
with
miasms
and
pathology.” -
Dr.
Jawahar
J.
Shah,
Developer
of
the
homoeopathic
software
‘Hompath’;
Member-
Central
Council
of
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
India;
Internationally
renowned
teacher “It depends on the case- whether acute or chronic and which medicine is being given. In chronic cases, I generally give one or two doses and wait until further medicine is required. In acute cases, I may ask the patient to dissolve the dose in water and repeat in divided doses.” -
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.
“If
the action of the dose seems to get exhausted, I repeat. As
long as the patient feels better, you don't need to repeat but when he starts to
feel tense again you need to repeat. If the intensity of the state is the same
as before, same potency is repeated. Sometimes the patient has pathology but no dreams. The Pathology gets better with medicine but he now starts having bad dreams, which show the situation. This sleep is disturbed and he is restless. The pathology has improved but the mental state is worse. This is when the remedy needs repeating. If,
repeatedly the action of the dose is exhausted very soon and one feels the need
to repeat the remedy frequently, a higher impotency may be required. After having given the high potency, the intensity of the state comes down and the high potency does not seem to act any longer, a lower potency of the remedy may be required. In some case with increased pathology and decreased central state I give low potency and repeat often - e.g. OA Knee - give Calc.-fl 30 twice a day everyday.” Dr. Rajan Sankaran is an Internationally renowned teacher and author of many books on homeopathy
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