{"title":"Cushing's Disease: a new approach to therapy in equine and canine patients","authors":"M Elliott","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0450","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0450","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Forty-one cases of Cushing's Disease affecting both equine and canine patients were treated with an identical mixture of two homeopathically prepared remedies (<em>ACTH</em> 30c and <em>Quercus robur</em> 30c), and the clinical improvements seen in the cases assessed. Homeopathy has been described as a medicine that can only be prescribed on the basis of individual symptoms shown, fitting the remedy to the patient, not the disease. The aim of this study was to define whether a standardised approach, using homeopathically prepared remedies, was a valid system of therapy for this disease, and if so, whether results were repeatable between species. The overall success rate for the therapy was 80% and results were broadly similar between the two species, indicating that homeopathy lends itself to the treatment of Cushing's Disease, and also to both cohort studies and group medicine.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121799398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inter-rater reliability of symptom repertorisation: a pragmatic empirical study","authors":"AJ Vickers, RA van Haselen , L Pang, S Berkovitz","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0414","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Objective: To determine the extent to which two homeopaths agree on whether symptoms reported by patients in a proving are possibly associated with Mercurius solubilis.</p><p>Design: Blinded, inter-rater reliability study.</p><p>Participants: 104 subjects in a randomised, double-blind mercury proving.</p><p>Outcome measures: 557 symptom episodes spontaneously reported by subjects were classified as ‘mercury’ or ‘not mercury’ by two homeopaths working blind to each other's conclusions and to patient allocation.</p><p>Results: Initial agreement between homeopaths was 70.2%, a kappa of 0.39, (95% CI 0.31, 0.47). Some disagreements appear to have resulted from differing interpretations of the study instructions. After suitable correction, agreement was 76.5% and kappa 0.56 (95% CI 0.49, 0.63).</p><p>Conclusions: The study homeopaths had only a moderate level degree of agreement greater than that expected by chance. The main factor seems to have been differences between data from different sources. There is an urgent need for more research on the methods of choosing homoeopathic medicines in order to improve the reliability and validity of homoeopathic diagnoses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21882692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More trials, fewer placebos, please","authors":"ME Dean","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0431","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The argument that randomized placebo-controlled trials of homeopathy might usefully be replaced by observational studies, audit and quality-of life assessment is considered. Randomized equivalence and patient-preference trials are proposed as more informative alternatives. They have the merit of providing hard information for health services on the comparative value of treatments, and can facilitate internal comparisons of competing homeopathic methods. The pragmatic approach also allows clinical change during the homeopathic treatment of chronic disease to be assessed without the time constraints usually imposed by placebo controls.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0431","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21882693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is homeopathic ‘immunotherapy’ effective? A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the isopathic remedy Betula 30c for patients with birch pollen allergy","authors":"S Aabel , E Laerum , S Dølvik , P Djupesland","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0430","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0430","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objective of the study was to examine the effect of the homeopathic remedy <em>Betula</em> 30c <em><strong>vs</strong></em> placebo for patients with birch pollen allergy. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was carried out. Tablets were given for 4 weeks during the birch pollen season. The setting was Oslo, Norway, May 1995.</p><p>Patients were aged between 18 and 50<!--> <!-->y; 32 patients received <em>Betula</em> 30c tablets and 34 patients received placebo tablets.</p><p>The main outcome measure was the total score of 17 different allergy symptoms. Daily total scores were calculated, as well as differences and ratios between the run-in and the following time periods. Point estimates of the median difference between the experimental and placebo groups, with their 95% confidence intervals, were the main measure of effect.</p><p>No statistically significant difference between the groups was found during the first and last period of May. However, from 8 to 18 May, a clinically interesting difference was revealed between the groups, those receiving <em>Betula</em> 30c having fewer and less serious symptoms. For some days these differences were statistically significant. Surprisingly, this group reported more aggravation from the tablets than did the placebo group.</p><p>With a statistical power of 70% for a defined clinically interesting difference (25%), the present results indicate that treatment with <em>Betula</em> 30c during the pollen season deserves further attention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0430","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21882688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of 2LHERP in preventing recurrences of genital herpes","authors":"M Jenaer, MF Henry, A Garcia , B Marichal","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0429","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0429","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a homeopathic complex in terms of intensity of attacks and duration of remission between attacks of genital herpes. Fifty three patients aged 18 or over with a minimum of four attacks annually were followed in this open multicentre study in a primary care setting. The principal parameters analysed were: frequency of attacks; intensity of symptoms, during treatment and/or after stopping treatment; treatment tolerance.</p><p>Eighty-two percent of patients treated for recurrent genital herpes benefited. In 41% of cases, there was no recurrence after the first treatment with follow-up of between 8 and 50 months. In 32% of patients, one or two relapses, in 9% of patients recurrences continued but with reduced frequency and intensity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0429","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21882690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Audit of outcome in 829 consecutive patients treated with homeopathic medicines","authors":"R Sevar","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0438","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An audit was conducted of 829 consecutive patients presenting for homeopathic treatment of a chronic illness, conventional treatment had either failed, plateaued in effect, or was contraindicated by adverse effects, age or condition of the patient.</p><p> <!-->Of the 829 patients, 503 (61%) had a sustained improvement from homeopathic treatment, of these:</p><p></p><ul><li><span>&#x02022;</span><span><p>357 patients (43%) had an excellent response;</p></span></li><li><span>&#x02022;</span><span><p>146 patients (18%) had a good response;</p></span></li><li><span>&#x02022;</span><span><p>6 patients (0.8%) became worse.</p></span></li><li><span>&#x02022;</span><span><p>233 patients (28%) were lost to follow-up</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0438","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21882691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"20 years ago: The British Homoeopathic Journal, October 1980","authors":"ST Land","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0435","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0435","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137161775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}