ReviewEuropean journal of rheumatology2024
Homeopathy for Rheumatological Diseases: A Systematic Review.
Review in European journal of rheumatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Homeopathy has mainly been used to treat several diseases. On the other hand, it has been used in a few rheumatic disorders. The aim of this article is to review the use of homeopathy in rheumatic diseases (RDs). PubMed and Embase databases were examined for literature on homeopathy and RDs between 1966 and April 2023. There are 15 articles found with 811 patients. The diseases treated were osteoarthritis (n=3), followed by rheumatoid arthritis (n=3), ankylosing spondylitis (n=1), hyperuricemia (n=1), and tendinopathy (n=1). Age varied from 31 to 87 years old, and male gender ranged from 56.7% to 100%. Homeopathy changed from a fixed medicine to an individualized homeopathy. Most studies (9/15) demonstrated improvements after homeopathy. Side effects were not seen or minimal and were comparable to placebo groups. In conclusion, this review shows homeopathy is a promising and safe therapy for RD treatment. However, the data needs to be reproduced in future more extensive studies, including other rheumatic conditions.
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