Health choices
I cannot understand how knowledge of the effectiveness of homeopathy has bypassed Dr David Purves (Letters, 24 February) and his like. The treatment by a homeopath (a practising doctor) to one of my children over 20 years ago, after the failure of conventional medicine, was effective. Since then I have used many remedies successfully. This has probably saved the NHS and ourselves quite a lot of money over the years.
The problem is that homeopathy is not expensive. Research into diseases and serious medical conditions, desperately needed and expensive, is carried out by drug companies who then require a return on their investment and, therefore, have a vested interest in rubbishing homeopathy. Of course there are many conditions which do require conventional medicine, but the benefits of gentle homeopathic treatment should not be so ignored.
FIONA LUKAS
Broughton, Biggar
Lanarkshire