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Damning report on homeopathy

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by Craig Payne, Mar 2, 2014.

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  4. JaY

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    Each to their own regarding what form of medicine they want to explore.

    I do believe, however, that you get those individuals (be it in any field - including podiatry) who do or say something absolutely outrageous; that then cause a global dim view of that profession.

    Homeopathy works for me as well as for a certain presentation of Verrucae; scientifically-based or not.
     
  5. W J Liggins

    W J Liggins Well-Known Member

    As I have pointed out before, medieval medicine included the 'treatment' of having the sufferer walk round with a bag of dog faeces around his or her neck. Doubtless in some cases it 'worked'. Should we therefore use the technique today? I would say no, but if you wish to do so then please, just don't come near me! However, if you pay some charlatan good money for prescribing that 'cure' then more fool you. If he/she then tries to treat carcinoma or some other severe condition and claims that 'it works for me' then in my view, and probably the law in most enlightened countries, that is a criminal act.

    Bill Liggins
     
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    Still no evidence for homoeopathy: Scientist responds to review criticism

     
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    Deconstructing Homeopathy Propaganda
     
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    'What Doctors Don't Tell You' about homeopathy'
     
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    Don't worry USA. Another couple won't make much difference, we have plenty of our own!

    Bill
     
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    Society of Homeopaths ‘Taking Legal Advice’ to Fight the ASA.
    full story
     
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    Publication and outcome reporting of homeopathy trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov
    Elizabeth T Thomas, et al
    Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
     
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    is really bad and just shows how desperate they are to get the result that they want.
     
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    Is use of homeopathy associated with poor prescribing in
    English primary care? A cross-sectional study

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    From Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/916128

    Homeopathy in Europe: Is the Tide Starting to Turn?

    "Evidence-based medicine – treatments based on evidence of safety and efficacy from clinical trials – has been in the ascendant for decades now in Europe and around the world. So why is one system of treatment which has been dismissed as ineffective by clinical trials still in use?

    History
    Homeopathy, developed in the 18th century by physician Samuel Hahnemann in Germany, is based on the principles that 'like cures like' and that greater dilutions of treatments have the most beneficial effects. When mainstream treatments included blood-letting and purging, and surgery frequently led to fatal infection, these principles may have had the benefit of at least seeming benign. But now that modern medicine has a far greater understanding of the causes of disease and their treatments, homeopathy has been dismissed as – at best – a placebo.

    There are signs that governments in Europe are hardening their attitudes to state funding of homeopathy, with the UK, France, and Spain all announcing an end to funding or support for homeopathic products or services in recent months. We took a look at the popularity of homeopathy across the continent, the different traditions of its use, and ask whether attitudes are changing.

    Evidence
    The biggest survey of studies of homeopathy was published in 2015, when Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council considered 57 systematic reviews that assessed the effectiveness of homeopathy compared to placebo or other treatment, for 68 health conditions. The systematic reviews included 176 individual studies.

    The NHMRC concluded: "Based on all the evidence considered, there were no health conditions for which there was reliable evidence that homeopathy was effective. No good-quality, well-designed studies with enough participants for a meaningful result reported either that homeopathy caused greater health improvements than placebo, or caused health improvements equal to those of another treatment."
    The landmark review has been cited by organisations and health services wanting to withdraw funding from homeopathy ever since.

    In 2017, the UK's Specialist Pharmacy Service updated the NHMRC's review by searching for systematic reviews published since the search date. It concluded: "the quality of the trials included within most of the reviews are variable thus this new data does not change the conclusion of the NHMRC review conducted in 2015".

    Regulation "

    … to continue: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/916128
     
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    Homeopathy is a pseudoscientific scam — here’s why
    Homeopathy is a pseudoscientific scam that should be never be considered as a legitimate treatment for any condition. Homeopathy lacks any biological plausibility. Homeopathy lacks any support in basic chemistry. And homeopathy violates the basic laws of physics.
    Every robust, rigorous, and repeated clinical study has demonstrated that homeopathy has no clinical effect.
     
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