There are many diseases that can be treated with corticosteroids, in the short or long term. Corticosteroids have many benefits as well as many adverse effects and here, the question arises: are corticosteroids good or bad?
On our site we want to elucidate this question that is raised daily in the clinic, both among professionals and among owners, who sometimes refuse to use them on their dogs as a resource for different diseases.
Should we eradicate them from our medicine cabinet? What risks do we run before a single application? We will raise the side effects of corticosteroids in dogs and in this way, each one will know if its use is convenient or not.
What are corticosteroids and when are they used?
The corticosteroid is a synthetic or natural chemical compound that acts in the same way as the hormones produced by the adrenal gland and whose main function is that of anti-inflammatory It is the most powerful medicine used by a conventional veterinarian, since it is a strong and rapid palliative for allergies, autoimmune diseases and any type of inflammation suffered by our animal.
Although we are aware that these substances do not have the ability to cure, but they do relieve symptoms while they circulate through the body, my Veterinary opinion is that we should stop using them if what we seek as professionals is to cure the animal and not overshadow the manifestations of a disease so that they do not bother the patient or the family around them.
Cortisone is the remedy most used in allopathic clinics for skin allergies, mainly when there is a lot of itching and the animals cause serious injuries. During its effect, the animal will stop scratching or licking itself to relieve itself, but when its administration is stopped, after prolonged periods, it can cause irreversible metabolic damage, triggering diseases such as Cushing's or hyperadrenocorticism as secondary effects.
Holistic view
Veterinarians dedicated to natural therapies such as Homeopathy, Phytotherapy or Bach Flowers, see corticosteroids as suppressants since to obtain the desired effect "cover" the problem without really curing the root pathology.
We live in a time where results must be immediate, we don't have time to cure a disease. Everything must be fast, food, communications and illnesses, there is no time for anything. That is why we choose drugs that can take us out of the picture without really seeing the root of the problem. Curiously, we see people who live with headaches, from Monday to Friday and during working hours, for whom they undergo countless check-ups and treatments without stopping to think if they like the work they do or if it is a burden for them. In animals it is the same, we just want the animal to stop scratching because it annoys us and we don't stop to think about what is happening to it.
Homeopathy is a science that offers the opportunity to deeply cure disease without side effects. Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy, maintained that "healing must be smooth, prompt, and permanent." Soft because the cure cannot be worse than the disease. Pronta responding a bit to the speed we need today. Permanent so as not to repeat the same thing every spring or every Monday before work, like the example above.
The homeopathic medicines have no adverse or residual effects, so only suspend them, if the cure was not definitive, we will return to the symptom. Here is the answer to owners anxious for the dog to stop scratching or, worse yet, if he stops scratching after a few days, discontinue the medication. We must always follow the instructions of our family veterinarian, homeopath or traditional, for a correct healing. Undoubtedly, Homeopathy for chronic diseases is the correct key to a definitive healing for both humans and animals.
