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Double-blind evaluation of homeopathy on cocaine craving: a randomized controlled pilot study
ConclusionsA psychosocial rehabilitation setting improved recruitment but was not sufficient to decrease dropout frequency among Brazilian cocaine treatment seekers. Psychosocial rehabilitation plus homeopathic Q-potencies of opium and E. coca were more effective than psychosocial rehabilitation alone in reducing cocaine cravings. Due to high dropout rate and risk of bias, further research is required to confirm our findings, with specific focus on strategies to increase patient retention.Trial registrationRBR-2xzcwz (http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br).
Source: Journal of Integrative Medicine - July 10, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research

Homeopathy for psychiatric patients-for and against.
Abstract The application of homeopathic treatment quickly becomes a matter of ideological confrontation; however, homeopathy is steadily gaining in sympathy in the population. Although the possible effectiveness and the modes of action are currently not scientifically elucidated and the study situation regarding homeopathic treatment in psychiatry is still manageable, there is a whole series of positive evidence for the effects of homeopathic remedies for mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders and addiction. The most important studies are presented and the most important arguments are weighed up ...
Source: Der Nervenarzt - June 1, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Hock N, Juckel G Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research

Double-blind evaluation of homeopathy on cocaine craving: a randomized controlled pilot study
Conclusions A psychosocial rehabilitation setting improved recruitment but was not sufficient to decrease dropout frequency among Brazilian cocaine treatment seekers. Psychosocial rehabilitation plus homeopathic Q-potencies of opium and E. coca were more effective than psychosocial rehabilitation alone in reducing cocaine cravings. Due to high dropout rate and risk of bias, further research is required to confirm our findings, with specific focus on strategies to increase patient retention.
Source: Journal of Integrative Medicine - March 30, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research

Will You Pass Me the Salt?
Homoeopathic Links 2015; 28: 230-233DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566239In this article the author points out the existing correspondence between a homeopathic remedy picture and a society's pathology. So to say societies can function in the wavelength of a certain homeopathic remedy. That is the case of Thailand, Brazil and California with a lot of Medorrhinum features—Germany that reminds Nux vomica picture, the Islamic State with so many Veratrum album characteristics and Portugal a typical Natrum muriaticum society. Many features of the people from this country stand for Natrum muriaticum like fate, grief, longing, concernmen...
Source: Homoeopathic Links - December 16, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Coelho, Salvador S. Tags: Materia Medica and Cases Source Type: research

Nux vomica, the Arnica of Recovery from Addiction: An Exploratory Study of the Use of Homeopathy in the Reduction of Post–Acute Withdrawal Syndrome in Addiction Treatment
This article details a protocol of using Nux vomica in three American treatment settings, with data indicating a positive impact on both immediate symptoms and long-term stabilisation in treatment. Consistently in all three groups, those who chose to use homeopathy completed substance abuse treatment programs at a higher rate than those who did not. The authors conclude that the role of homeopathy for recovery from addiction merits further investigation.[...]Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. Article in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: Homoeopathic Links - March 20, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Butehorn, LorettaGumz, PerisRandolph, Leah Tags: Research Source Type: research