Talk:789 - 2. Statement

Joerg:

The link in the "Click here"-box on the main page leads to the Wiki on Studies that we can use.

a few studies picked from an article by Dana Ullman:

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Frass, M, Dielacher, C, Linkesch, M, et al.Influence of potassium dichromate on tracheal secretions in critically ill patients, Chest, March, 2005;127:936-941. The journal, Chest, is the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians.
• Hayfever: Reilly D, Taylor M, McSharry C, et al.,Is homoeopathy a placebo response? controlled trial of homoeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model," Lancet, October 18, 1986, ii: 881-6.
• Asthma: Reilly, D, Taylor, M, Beattie, N, et al., "Is Evidence for Homoeopathy Reproducible?" Lancet, December 10, 1994, 344:1601-6.
• Fibromyalgia: Bell IR, Lewis II DA, Brooks AJ, et al.Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placebo, Rheumatology. 2004:1111-5. This journal is the official journal of the British Society of Rheumatology.
• Fibromyalgia: Fisher P, Greenwood A, Huskisson EC, et al., "Effect of Homoeopathic Treatment on Fibrositis (Primary Fibromyalgia)," BMJ, 299(August 5, 1989):365-6.
• Childhood diarrhea: Jacobs, J, Jimenez, LM, Gloyd, SS,Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicine: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Study in Nicaragua, Pediatrics, May, 1994,93,5:719-25.
• ADD/ADHD: Frei, H, Everts R, von Ammon K, Kaufmann F, Walther D, Hsu-Schmitz SF, Collenberg M, Fuhrer K, Hassink R, Steinlin M, Thurneysen A. Homeopathic treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial. Eur J Pediatr., July 27,2005,164:758-767.

• Linde L, Clausius N, Ramirez G, Jonas W, "Are the Clinical Effects of Homoeopathy Placebo Effects? A Meta-analysis of Placebo-Controlled Trials,"Lancet, September 20, 1997, 350:834-843. Although a later review by some of these authors found a reduced significance, the authors never asserted that the significance was no longer present. Further, two of the lead authors of this article provided a very sharp critique of the Shang, et al. review of research (2005). Also, both Linde and Jonas wrote to the Lancet after the Shang/Egger article was published and asserted that the Lancet should be "embarrassed" by their publication of this article and the accompanied editorial (Lancet, 366 December 17, 2005:2081-2).
• Kleijnen J, Knipschild P ter Riet G. Clinical trials of homoeopathy. BMJ 1991, 302, 316-23. Of the 22 best studies, 15 showed positive results from homeopathic treatment. The researchers concluded, "there is a legitimate case for further evaluation of homeopathy."
• Jacobs J, Jonas WB, Jimenez-Perez M, Crothers D,Homeopathy for Childhood Diarrhea: Combined Results and Metaanalysis from Three Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trials, Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2003;22:229-34. This metaanalysis of 242 children showed a highly significant result in the duration of childhood diarrhea (P=0.008).
• Kassab S, Cummings M, Berkovitz S, van Haselen R, Fisher P.Homeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2.
• Taylor, MA, Reilly, D, Llewellyn-Jones, RH, et al., Randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial Series,BMJ, August 19, 2000, 321:471-476. The BMJ published an editorial in the issue in which this study was published asserting, "It may be time to confront the conclusion that homeopathy and placebo differ...... This may be more plausible than the conclusion that their trials have produced serial false positive results" (This week in the BMJ. Homoeopathic dilutions may be better than placebo. BMJ 2000;321:0).
• Jonas, WB, Linde, Klaus, and Ramirez, Gilbert, "Homeopathy and Rheumatic Disease," Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, February 2000,1:117-123.

 

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Andreas:

AS WE WAIT FOR A PLATFORM: _ I will contact Peter Viksveen which has collected an overview.

List of some positive: for specific conditions:

Brain injury (Chapman EH 1999);

Bronchitis (Diefenbach M 1999);

Childhood diarrhea (Jacobs J, 2003; 1993; 1994; 2000; 2006);

Chronic fatigue syndrome (Weatherley-Jones E 2004);

Common cold (Maiwald VL 1988);

Depression (Adler UC 2009);

Extended sports recovery time (Egocheaga Rodriguez J 2000);

Fibromyalgia (Bell IR 2004; Fisher P 1989; Perry R 2010; Relton C 2009);

Immune function (Kuzeff RM 1998); Influenza (Vickers A 2006; Attena F 1995; Brydak LB 1999; Ferley JP 1989; Papp R 1998);

Insomnia (Bell IR 2010; Brooks AJ 2010; Carlini EA 1987; Naudé DF 2010);

Low back pain (Gmünder R 2002; Stam C 2001);

Otitis media (Jacobs J 2001; Taylor JA 2011);

Perennial allergic rhinitis (Taylor MA 2000); Plantar fascitis (Clark J 2000);

Post-operative ileus (Barnes J 1997);

Post-operative edema (Totonchi A 2007);

Post-operative wound healing (Karow J-H 2008);

Postpartum bleeding (Oberbaum M 2005);

Postpartum lactation (Berrebi A 2001);

Premenstrual syndrome (Yakir M 2001);

Psoriasis (Bernstein S 2006; Wiesenauer M 1996);

Radiodermatitis (Balzarini A 2000);

Renal failure (Saruggia M 1992);

Rheumatic diseases (Jonas WB 2000);

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (Wiesenauer M 1996; Taylor MA 2006; Ernst E 2011; Aabel S 2000; Aabel S 2000; Aabel S 2001; Kim LS 2005; Reilly DT 1986; Weiser M 1999; Wiesenauer M 1 985; Wiesenauer M 1990; Wiesenauer M 1995);

Seborrhoeic dermatitis (Smith SA 2002);

Sepsis (Frass M 2005);

Sinusitis (Friese K; 2007; Zabolotnyi D I 2007; Wiesenauer M 1989); Snoring (Lipman D 1999);

Stomatitis (Oberbaum M 2001);

Tracheal secretions (Frass M 2005);

Upper respiratory tract infections, including otitis media (Bellavite P 2006; Bornhöft G 2006);

Uraemic pruritus (Cavalcanti AM 2003);

Varicose veins (Ernst E 1990);

Vertigo (Schneider B 2005; Issing W 2005; Weiser M 1998).

Collecting studies

Adler, U. C., Paiva, N. M. P., Cesar, A. T., Adler, M. S., Molina, A., Padula, A. E., et al. (2009). Homeopathic individualized Q-potencies versus fluoxetine for moderate to severe depression: double-blind, randomized non-inferiority trial. eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nep114. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/520182/    - This study shows that homeopathy is certainly not less and maybe a bit more effective than a classical anti-depressant.