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{"title":"Evaluation of 2LHERP in preventing recurrences of genital herpes","authors":"M Jenaer,&nbsp;MF Henry,&nbsp;A Garcia ,&nbsp;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":"89 4","pages":"Pages 174-177"},"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>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>357 patients (43%) had an excellent response;</p></span></li><li><span>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>146 patients (18%) had a good response;</p></span></li><li><span>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>6 patients (0.8%) became worse.</p></span></li><li><span>&amp;#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":"89 4","pages":"Pages 178-187"},"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":"89 4","pages":"Pages 205-206"},"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}

{"title":"Improving the evaluation of homeopathy: economic considerations and impact on health","authors":"G Chaufferin","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0376","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0376","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Objectives: The financial crisis of health insurance systems sometimes drives public policy-makers to take precipitate action dominated by economic imperatives. The question addressed here consists in defining homeopathy’s scope of intervention, its place in health care strategies, recourse to treatment, and especially economic data appraising homeopathy’s impact on expenditures and outlay covered by health insurance in France.</p><p>Method: We used the General Evaluation Model to define the study (to whom is the evaluation made, situations, criteria, measurement of these criteria, quality and precision).</p><p>Results: The main results are in terms of costs, as follows:</p><p></p><ul><li><span>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>For reimbursable medicines the public sales price of homeopathic products is a quarter of the average.</p></span></li><li><span>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>The total reimbursement for a prescription of allopathic products is three times more than for a prescription of homeopathic products.</p></span></li><li><span>&amp;#x02022;</span><span><p>Homeopathic physicians incur annual reimbursement outlays which are half those of general practitioners.</p></span></li></ul><p>The differences observed cannot be explained by the patient profile or the diseases treated. Furthermore, a study carried out in France showed that 87% of patients whose physicians had prescribed homeopathic treatment did not see another physician for the same problem.</p><p>Conclusions: Once basic analysis has been done, so that the economic and epidemiological impact of a certain health strategy can be determined, it is necessary to proceed further, helping healthcare providers and public authorities to make decisions. Various possibilities exist and should be investigated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Pages S27-S30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0376","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778108","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":"Do homeopathic medicines provoke adverse effects? A systematic review","authors":"F Dantas ,&nbsp;H Rampes","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0378","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0378","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Objective: To evaluate the safety of homeopathic medicines by critically appraising reports of adverse effects published in English from 1970 to 1995.</p><p>Method: Systematic review on information regarding adverse effects of homeopathic medicines identified using electronic databases, hand searching, searching reference lists, reviewing the bibliography of trials, and other relevant articles, contacting homeopathic pharmaceutical companies and drug regulatory agencies in UK and USA, and by communicating with experts in homeopathy.</p><p>Results: The mean incidence of adverse effects of homeopathic medicines was greater than placebo in controlled clinical trials (9.4/6.1) but effects were minor, transient and comparable. There was a large incidence of pathogenetic effects in healthy volunteers taking homeopathic medicines but the methodological quality of these studies was generally low. Anecdotal reports of adverse effects in homeopathic publications were not well documented and mainly reported aggravation of current symptoms. Case reports in conventional medical journals pointed more to adverse effects of mislabelled ‘homeopathic products’ than to true homeopathic medicines.</p><p>Conclusions: Homeopathic medicines in high dilutions, prescribed by trained professionals, are probably safe and unlikely to provoke severe adverse reactions. It is difficult to draw definite conclusions due to the low methodological quality of reports claiming possible adverse effects of homeopathic medicines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Pages S35-S38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0378","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778110","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":"The economic evaluation of complementary medicine: a staged approach at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital","authors":"R van Haselen","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0375","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0375","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective: The practical implementation of a staged, multifaceted research agenda for the economic evaluation of complementary medicine (CM) at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital (RLHH). Method: The relative importance of economic evaluation as an evidence base of CM was assessed via a survey conducted with purchasers (n=481). The marginal costs of providing complementary care for patients with rheumatoid arthritis were calculated. The use, and changes in the use, of conventional medicines for patients’ main complaints were established retrospectively (n=499) and prospectively (n=70). Health-related quality of life (patient utility) of newly referred patients was assessed with the EQ-5D (EuroQol) instrument (n=70) on a 100 mm (0=worst, 100=best) scale. Results: Economic evaluation was rated ‘important’ as an evidence base, after safety and RCT data (‘very important’). Consultation time (doctors and dietician) contributed 29% of the total costs of treating rheumatoid arthritis. The retrospective survey showed that many patients on conventional medication were able to stop (29%) or reduce (32%) intake in the course of treatment. The median (quartiles) health state of newly referred patients was 70 mm (50,78) in men and 60 mm (36,73) in women. Some results of an interim analysis of 6 months follow-up data are reported. Conclusions: Economic evaluation of CM is becoming increasingly important and should take place by using a multifaceted, staged approach. Before embarking on randomised trials, observational data on cost, effectiveness and utility should be collected. The cost-effectiveness of CM appears to be most sensitive to the duration of the consultation.","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Pages S23-S26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0375","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58535809","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":"Data collection in homeopathic practice: A suggestion for an international standard","authors":"A Steinsbekk ,&nbsp;The Data Collection Group","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0379","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0379","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72217870","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":"The homeopathic remedy as an agent of meaning in family interaction: a case study and textual model","authors":"M Konitzer ,&nbsp;O Bahrs,&nbsp;Th Doering,&nbsp;GC Fischer","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0390","url":null,"abstract":"In the setting of traditional studies the effects of homeopathy often cannot be satisfactorily validated. But instead of proposing `non-local' effects one should better make efforts to understand homeopathy by the situation where the homeopathic anam-nesis is made, where the remedy is given. This location is often the GP's practice. Although international literature emphasizes psychodynamic aspects of homeopathy ± 4 most of the recent studies prefer a design from the point of view of general pharmacodynamics. So we propose a textual model of reading the homeopathic remedy as a possible agent of meanign in the therapeutic interaction at the GP's practice and the family at home.","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0390","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72257447","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":"Effects of potentization","authors":"KM Jain","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0412","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0412","url":null,"abstract":"In his paper `Effects of potentization in acqueous solutions', Schulte reviewed some prominent models and experiments. Many researchers have suggested different pathways. But most of them were more philosophical and less physical. However, the theories reviewed by Schulte are physical but too idealistic, posing great dif®culty at the experimental level. The properties of potentized homeopathic medicines are yet to be directly observed. None of the scienti®c methods succeeded so far in establishing the presence of molecules of medicines in a high homeopathic dilution. The presence of the molecules of the medicine at homeopathic dilutions is to be established ®rst experimentally to bring homeopathy in the scienti®c mainstream. Scientists are trying to search for this presence in terms of a `code', presumably existing in the form of an `ordering'. In my opinion, the existence of the type of permanent `ordering' in homeopathic remedies seems dif®cult to determine from `electronic' considerations only as one has to deal with the dilutions ranging from infra-low to ultra-high (well beyond the Avogadro limit where the probability of the presence of molecules of the medicine is almost zero). If the ordering results from some other `nonelectronic' property of unknown type, then how can one expect to measure it using experimental techniques which measure the effects arising due to electronic changes only? Interestingly, all the efforts to date to bring homeopathy into the mainstream of science have been unsuccessful. Homeopathy thus poses a serious problem before science. It seems that we are in a similar dilemma as confronted by `classical physics' in the late nineteenth century while explaining the problem of `black body emission' and the `non-existence of the ether'. The `new physics' emerged from the existing clues but in unconventional ways. Similar attempts should be made to solve this dilemma. The only clue available at this time is the symptoms it produces in the human body. It suggests that the homeopathic medicines should have some sort of `bio-identi®cation' recognizable by the mind, in addition to its well-established `electronic identi®cation'. Further, as the use of mother tinctures and remedies at very low potencies are close to the allopathic use of remedies, the mode of action at the physiological level should be similar in both the curative systems. KM Jain Kaliyasot Dam, Old Walmi Campus Ravishankar Nagar Post of®ce, P.B.No. 588 Bhopal, 462 016, India","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 3","pages":"Page 155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778689","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":"Patient benefit survey: Tunbridge Wells Homoeopathic Hospital 1997","authors":"A Clover","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0385","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72218535","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}