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Homeopathy: scientific or not?
Source: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira - December 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Treatment of chikungunya chronic arthritis: A systematic review
Conclusion: When the manifestations of CHIK become chronic and, the longer they last, more complications arise. Polyarthralgia can be immaterial, distancing individuals from their daily-life activities. Anti-inflammatory drugs (either steroid or not), in addition to immunosuppressants, homeopathy and physiotherapy are measures of treatment that, according to the literature, have been successful in relieving or extinguishing symptoms. However, it is fundamental that studies of CHIK treatment be further developed.Resumo Introdu ção: A chikungunya é uma arbovirose tropical, transmitida pela fêmea dos mosquitos Aedes aegyp...
Source: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira - March 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Therapeutic use of the rebound effect of modern drugs: "New homeopathic medicines"
Summary The homeopathic treatment is based on the principle of therapeutic similitude, employing medicines that cause certain disorders to treat similar manifestations, stimulating a reaction of the organism against its own ailments. The occurrence of this secondary reaction of the organism, opposite in nature to the primary action of the medicines, is evidenced in the study of the rebound (paradoxical) effect of several classes of modern drugs. In this work, in addition to substantiate the principle of similitude before the experimental and clinical pharmacology, we suggest a proposal to employ hundreds of conventional dr...
Source: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira - March 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research