Homeopathic Effects

kayveeh · #1 (**permalink**) 6th February 2005, 10:32 AM

Hello

Quote:

A preliminary audit investigating remedy reactions including adverse events in routine homeopathic practice.

Thompson E, Barron S, Spence D.

Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6PD, UK. elizabeth.thompson@ubht.swest.nhs.uk

Homeopathic medicines are regarded as safe but practitioners report several types of healing or remedy reactions including aggravations, new symptoms and recurrence of old symptoms, some of which could be regarded as side effects or unwanted effects. Some remedy reactions may be regarded as adverse events. AUDIT QUESTIONS: Do such reactions occur within our unit, and if so, how frequently? Do patients regard these events as "adverse"? METHODS: The audit was carried out in the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital Outpatient Department. All patients were given a questionnaire to complete when at their first follow-up consultation approx 6-10 weeks after their first appointment. One hundred and sixteen patients were sampled over a 2-month period. RESULTS: Reactions were frequent: 28 out of the 116 (24%) patients, experienced an aggravation. Thirteen patients (11%) reported an adverse event even though 5 of those were patients who also reported an aggravation followed by an overall improvement of their symptoms. Thirty-one patients described new symptoms (27%) and 21(18%), a return of old symptoms. Those experiencing the latter appeared to have better outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Remedy reactions are common in clinical practice; some patients experience them as adverse events. Systematically recording side effects would facilitate our understanding of these reactions and would enable standards to be set for audit of information and patient care.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=15532700
From Pubmed Link

Does it atleast satisfy effects of homeopathic remedies to skeptic people?

Best wishes.

passkey · #2 (**permalink**) 6th February 2005, 06:16 PM

The effect of semantics is frightening . Here we have supposedly intelligent people pointing to homeopathic remedies and using the words "SIDE EFFECTS" . Do these people not realise that in the public mind 'side effects' are things that work to depress and possibly destroy . health.
One of the strengths of homeopathy is that we deal with individuals and unique sets of circumstances.
This is the problem with "scientific" thinking. People want to set up Standards . We are dealing with Nature that is infinitely varied and always changing. The 'flu virus changes/mutates every 7 days . Anyone who tries to set up standards is in galloping retreat from reality.

kayveeh · #3 (**permalink**) 7th February 2005, 03:36 AM

Passkey,

You have indicated a most complicated side. But specific effects can't be classified under "standards" in homeopathic individuality sense but effects or no effects in general can be noted by those who says no effects/can't effect by these surveys.

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