I've recently seen a doctor who has told me I need to start a course of paromomycin 500mg for parasites. My local compounding pharmacy has quoted me $200 for 30 tablets! That is so expensive! Does anyone know of a good compounding chemist/ if this is the normal price for this medicine?
Cheapest Paramomycin in Sydney?
Lwinterglow on 01/03/2018 - 20:15
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So you would need to take 2 of them to get close to the 500mg dose… so, 1/2 x 2 = back to were OP started…
What parasites you got?
Got infected by a rare disease called Eneloopcancer.
F*** aren't meds subsidized by PBS Medicare?
We do a round of this stuff once or twice a year, seems to do the job nicely.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Ie: quackery…
In other words the authorities force them to put such things on their products. But whatever, I've used it for years and know it works so was just trying to offer an alternative. BTW paromycin is an antibiotic that is used to treat amoebiasis and not 'parasites' in general (by the looks of it). http://chealth.canoe.com/drug/getdrug/humatin
The authorities "force" them to label their products as unproven/ineffectual because that is the very definition of 'alternative' medicines such as herbal remedies; every 'herbal remedy' which has been proven to work is simply known as 'medicine'.
Almost every single drug can have its origins traced back to a naturally occurring substance which has since been identified and synthesised. Take caffeine for example which (depending on who you talk to) can be traced back to Chinese tea brewing or West African kola nut consumption. Regardless, the compound that we now know as caffeine was first identified as the 'culprit' of providing the CNS stimulatory effects in the early 1800's. Just prior to the turn of the century, caffeine was completely synthesised for the first time.
If you then compare a caffeine supplement such as a tablet or an energy drink, you know that you are getting Xmg of caffeine (within a tolerance range), whereas eating some kola nuts (or even drinking a fresh coffee) can provide up to five fold differences each way; if Xmg of caffeine is effective and safe for my purpose, then it makes sense to consume Xmg of caffeine, not some natural products that might be providing Xmg, 0.2Xmg, or even 5Xmg.
So, even if this 'herbal remedy' contains compounds which have been proven to assist the OP, we have absolutely no way of knowing how much they are ingesting. Evidence based practise exists for a reason, and advertising standards exist so as to prevent people from being taken advantage of at vulnerable times (i.e when ill). If you believe such remedies work, let alone are equal to medicines which have undergone numerous peer-reviewed RCT's, then there's I have a bridge that you might be interested in purchasing.
Half that price here
But its 290mg