Facilitating a pragmatic comparative trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of homeopathic treatment for ADHD

Introduction: ADHD is a common and growing problem. There are concerns about current treatments and they are not leading to improved long term outcomes. It is associated with many negative outcomes and a drain on resources across nationally funded support agencies such as education, criminal justice, social work and health care. Any new intervention would need to show clinical and cost effective improvements to these departments and demonstrate improvements in areas of unmet need including: the management of emotion (especially anger); treatment of ADHD in ASD; safety and side effects; and long term effectiveness. Current RCT evidence for homeopathy and ADHD has tested the efficacy of homeopathic medicines prescribed in a variety of unusual or inappropriate ways, but not the effectiveness of the intervention as experienced in real life. Homeopathy is considered to be a complex intervention, but these trials are not following MRC (Medical Research Council) recommendations for complex interventions, there are tensions concerning internal and external validity and information from such trials is not relevant to stakeholders.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: CAMSTRAND ABSTRACTS Source Type: research