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I overdosed on homeopathic medicine once
I'd forgotten to take it
(, Wed 5 Aug 2026, 13:35, archived)
I only ever dispensed one prescription for a homeopathic product when I thought "you know, this is arguably justifiable".
Young-ish woman getting a very nasty cocktail of psychiatric drugs (antipsychotics, anxiolytics, anti-epileptics) and among the 12 drugs was some homeopathic nonsense with directions to take when required for anxiety. I know it's a placebo, the prescribing doctor knows it's a placebo, hell even the patient probably knows it's a placebo. But it's not going to do any harm and maybe it made her feel better.

So that's once in my 28 years of being a pharmacist, under homeopathic principles that probably counts as very potent evidence.
(, Wed 5 Aug 2026, 18:09, archived)