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Homeopathic Products
Aka: Homeopathic Products
- Efficacy
- No scientific support for effect in any condition
- (1999) Med Lett Drugs Ther 41(1047): 20-1 [PubMed]
- Shang (2005) Lancet 366:726-32 [PubMed]
- Meta-analysis of 89 controlled trials
- Effect not fully explained by Placebo
- Ineffective for any single condition
- Linde (1997) Lancet 350:834 [PubMed]
- Not found to be effective in:
- Migraine Headache
- Whitmarsh (1997) Cephalalgia 17:600 [PubMed]
- Muscle soreness
- Vickers (1998) Clin J Pain 14:227 [PubMed]
- Upper Respiratory Infection prevention in children
- de Klerk (1994) BMJ 309:1329 [PubMed]
- Ingredients
- Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of United States
- Includes 1200 homeopathic recipes
- Based on "like cures like"
- Example: Emetic Strychnine used as Anti-emetic
- Based on individual's experiences ("Provings")
- Contents
- Minerals
- Botanicals
- Animal parts
- Microorganisms
- Dilution
- Serial Dilutions
- X (1/10): 1X=1/10, 3X=1000, 6X=1/Million
- C (1/100): 1C=1/100, 3C=1/Million
- Typical Dilution: 6X to 30C (as high as 200C)
- 24X (12C) is diluted above Avogadro's Number
- Unlikely that product contains even one molecule
- Vallance (1998) J Altern Complement Med [PubMed]