SynthesisBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2002
A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy.
Synthesis in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00222365 (Homeopathy Assessment in Terms of the Consumption of Analgesics After Knee Ligamentoplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Homeopathy Assessment in Terms of the Consumption of Analgesics After Knee Ligamentoplasty
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Homotoxicology--a review of randomised clinical trials.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2004Pooled it
- Effect of homeopathy on analgesic intake following knee ligament reconstruction: a phase III monocentre randomized placebo controlled study.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2008Trial
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Abstract
Homeopathy remains one of the most controversial subjects in therapeutics. This article is an attempt to clarify its effectiveness based on recent systematic reviews. Electronic databases were searched for systematic reviews/meta-analysis on the subject. Seventeen articles fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Six of them related to re-analyses of one landmark meta-analysis. Collectively they implied that the overall positive result of this meta-analysis is not supported by a critical analysis of the data. Eleven independent systematic reviews were located. Collectively they failed to provide strong evidence in favour of homeopathy. In particular, there was no condition which responds convincingly better to homeopathic treatment than to placebo or other control interventions. Similarly, there was no homeopathic remedy that was demonstrated to yield clinical effects that are convincingly different from placebo. It is concluded that the best clinical evidence for homeopathy available to date does not warrant positive recommendations for its use in clinical practice.
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