Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children

Hawke, Kate; Driel, Mieke van; Buffington, Benjamin J; McGuire, Treasure; King, David

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005974.pub4

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“…The large use of homeopathy and herbal medicine is probably partly due to the lower perception of risk of adverse effects that these treatments have compared to others, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homotoxicology, or Chiropractic. A recent Cochrane review 20 investigates the effectiveness and safety of homeopathic medicine to prevent and to cure acute respiratory tract infection in children. The authors concluded that adverse events were poorly reported, so conclusions about safety could not be drawn.…”

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The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among Italian children: A cross-sectional survey

Stampini

Bortoluzzi

Allara

et al. 2019

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

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BACKGROUND The topic of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has been widely discussed in the scientific literature, including two highly-cited editorials that appeared in NEJM 1 and JAMA 2 in 1998. These articles agreed on a fundamental point, that is that the only accepted form of medicine should be based on evidence. Since then, many authors have tried to define what is CAM. A positive definition, describing CAM by what it is, rather than by what it is not, has been proposed by Ernst et al.: CAM is any "diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention which complements mainstream medicine by contributing to a common whole, by satisfying a demand not met by orthodoxy or by diversifying the conceptual frameworks of medicine". 3 Surveys from several European countries suggest a European-wide increase in the use of CAM during the last decades. 4 The prevalence of the use of CAM among adults in European countries, varies from 6-49% according to different studies 5 ˒ 6 ˒ 7 ˒ 8 ˒ 9 ˒ 10. Data for Italy is contradictory. According to a national survey, in 2005 at least 13.6% of population have used CAM during the last three years 11 , but a study conducted in Turin in 2008 estimates a prevalence of use of 43% in paediatric age during the previous year 12. This figure is consistent with other studies which have underlined that approximately 20% to 40% of healthy children seen in outpatient paediatric clinics 13 ˒ 14 ˒ 15 and more than 50% of children with chronic, recurrent, and incurable conditions use CAM, almost always in addition or conjunction with mainstream care 16. Children's health is not self-determined and depends on their parent's' choice. Considering the spread of the CAM use and the lack of recent studies estimating prevalence of CAM use in Italy , we believe in the importance of better understanding the amount and modality of CAM use in the paediatric population in order to identify any possible risk and health problem.

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The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among Italian children: A cross-sectional survey

Stampini

Bortoluzzi

Allara

et al. 2019

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

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“…Recent changes in quality criteria degraded this trial to (very) low quality. 17 Quality criteria do not reflect the quality of the research itself, but what is written down in the published paper. Over time the requisites of journals about reporting have changed and the amount of information required now would not fit within the word count limitations some years ago.…”

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Homeopathy Deserves Its Own Scientific Identity

Rutten¹

2020

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Scientific research, especially the randomised controlled trial, was once expected to provide recognition to homeopathy. However, the opposite happened: despite evidence that is not inferior to conventional evidence, the opposition has never been stronger. The philosopher Kuhn predicted this: scientific authorities cannot accept information that is contrary to their basic beliefs (paradigm) because their authority depends on that very paradigm. On the other hand, many patients discover that the conventional medical paradigm is incomplete and that homeopathy complements it. The problems with the present paradigm are expected to grow, especially with antimicrobial resistance1 with respect to respiratory tract infections. Homeopathy can be of great value in this respect. There is also growing awareness that there is no dichotomy between effective and not-effective medicines. The effect of a medicine is a probability depending or several variables. So far improving the homeopathic method with scientific research has been neglected. The increasing interest of conventional medicine in personalised medicine and prognostic factor research (PFR) is an excellent opportunity to redirect homeopathy research towards PFR.

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“…cancer care) at least. Therefore, more research is needed to the use of OTC [31,32]. Individuals play an active role for their own health.…”

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The usage of over-the-counter products by private insured patients in Germany – a claims data analysis with focus on complementary medicine

Goetz

Kalder

Albert

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: An important contribution to well-being of human beings can be observed by the use of selfmedication products that is reflected in the constantly growing volume of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The aim of the current study was to extend the measurement concept for OTCs by exploring the relevance of the peripheral assortment provided by the widely accepted framework of the Anatomical Therapeutical and Chemical (ATC) classification of the WHO. Methods: The focus was on the prescriptions and drug-related receipts submitted by privately insured persons to 18 private health insurers (PHIs) in Germany from the year 2016. The age-and gender-specific average claims amount per risks of outpatient drug expenditure were used as weights to scale up the relative distributions of the item amounts. The ATC-classification defines the commodity groups and discriminates between the main and the peripheral assortment. A descriptive analysis assessed the OTC frequencies and sum scores of the product groups within the main and peripheral assortment whereby the study group explored and assessed the relevance of each category independently according to the OTCs and integrative medicines. Results: The analysis included 22.1 Mio. packages from the main assortment and examined 10.1 Mio. packages from the peripheral assortment. The latter was examined thoroughly and the commodity groups "Pharmaceutical food products", "Medicinal products for special therapy options" and particular "Hygiene and body care products" meet the defined requirements for OTCs relevant for integrative medicines. A high proportion of OTC products from the peripheral assortment was associated with the categories "medicinal products for special therapy options". Homeopathy and anthroposophy present two special therapy options, which are relevant for the extended OTC measurement.

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Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children

Cited by 26 publications

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The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among Italian children: A cross-sectional survey

The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among Italian children: A cross-sectional survey

Homeopathy Deserves Its Own Scientific Identity

The usage of over-the-counter products by private insured patients in Germany – a claims data analysis with focus on complementary medicine

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