Antidepressant Paxil, generic name paroxetine, was released in 1992 by GlaxoSmithKline.Several complaints have surfaced regarding its side effects after 10 years of circulating in the market. Various lawsuits against its manufacturer have been incited by birth defects among infants whose mothers used Paxil during pregnancy.Among the most common birth defects are heart complications and physical deformities such as irregular head sizes clubbed foot and cleft palate. Due to these concerns, many patients have been reluctant to take antidepressants or have been thinking of changing their treatments.

According to a Reuters report, many depression patients are now exploring new therapy options for their depressive symptoms due to the harmful side effects of some antidepressants like Paxil. Several alternative treatments have been recommended by various healthcare providers in addition to a patient's therapy such as herbal supplements, acupuncture, exercise programs, music therapy and other holistic medicines. One of the most recently celebrated options is homeopathy. Homeopathy may be considered as a mixture of medical and emotional observations applying both scientific treatments and psychological therapy to treat depression patients.

According to BBC News, the basic principle of homeopathy is that "like cures like" and that an illness may be cured by small quantities of substances which produce the same symptoms. It said further that both homeopaths and their patients concur in saying that it has the power to heal. Today, some of the most famous and influential people in the world, including pop stars, politicians, footballers and even Prince Charles, all use homeopathic remedies.

Homeopaths believe that any physical disease has a mental and emotional component so they spend several hours with their patients, asking lengthy questions and observing personal traits just so they could treat the person and not the illness. Aside from these behavioral interviews, they may also conduct a physical examination and laboratory work. It goes without saying that to be able to come up with an effective homeopathic treatment, an assessment is made on the patient physically, emotionally and psychologically. Therefore, a therapy for fever on one patient may be different from another who is also suffering from the same fever.