Your analysis of the two studies is far from accurate.
Besides, there are well over 180 studies that show Homeopathy to work far better than placebo, notwithstanding that these types of studies were developed for pharmaceutical drugs that merely suppress a particular symptom. Anyone who understands how Homeopathy works realizes that studies of that sort have no practical application for most clinical cases as the treatment has to be individualized -- something that conventional medicine is trying to achieve but can't since the profit margins of the drug companies won't survive it. Further, since Homeopathic remedies are prescribed based on symptom similarity, not suppression, and the odds of finding patients who all "fit" the same mold are pretty slim. Homeopathy is just a completely different form of medical approach. It respects the individuality of the patient. 10 different people with "arthritis" frequently require different prescriptions.
Since drug companies fund their own studies and frequently fudge and hide negative results these types of studies are quickly heading towards obsolescence anyway. Since no one has been privvy to exactly what's in the drug company "placebos" because the formula(s) aren't revealed the entire field could well be considered to have been falsified and research papers have been published on this subject.
No meta-analysis is going to be taken as universally conclusive -- witness the Cochrane meta-analysis of flu vaccines that shows them to be virtually worthless. Have the drug companies stopped pushing them on governments and local health departments because of it?
Homeopathy works. Get over it.
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Your analysis of the two studies is far from accurate.
February 6, 2012 - 3:48pmBesides, there are well over 180 studies that show Homeopathy to work far better than placebo, notwithstanding that these types of studies were developed for pharmaceutical drugs that merely suppress a particular symptom. Anyone who understands how Homeopathy works realizes that studies of that sort have no practical application for most clinical cases as the treatment has to be individualized -- something that conventional medicine is trying to achieve but can't since the profit margins of the drug companies won't survive it. Further, since Homeopathic remedies are prescribed based on symptom similarity, not suppression, and the odds of finding patients who all "fit" the same mold are pretty slim. Homeopathy is just a completely different form of medical approach. It respects the individuality of the patient. 10 different people with "arthritis" frequently require different prescriptions.
Since drug companies fund their own studies and frequently fudge and hide negative results these types of studies are quickly heading towards obsolescence anyway. Since no one has been privvy to exactly what's in the drug company "placebos" because the formula(s) aren't revealed the entire field could well be considered to have been falsified and research papers have been published on this subject.
No meta-analysis is going to be taken as universally conclusive -- witness the Cochrane meta-analysis of flu vaccines that shows them to be virtually worthless. Have the drug companies stopped pushing them on governments and local health departments because of it?
Homeopathy works. Get over it.
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