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2016-05-21 14:20:38
Can we take homeopathic treatment for metastatic cancer?? Currently we were giving herceptin + chemotherapy (paclitaxel). But it's not effective, so doctor told to change to Lapatinib + different chemotherapy drug. We are thinking to try for homeopathic. Please suggest.
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No evidence of combining allopathic with homeopathy. No evidence for interaction of drugs.

Answered2016-05-23 06:10:17

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