Classical homoeopathic treatment of chronic headaches

Mechanisms behind Interindividual Variations in Diseases

“…This methodological weakness is reflected in the clinical trials where classical homeopathy was used. For example, in a clinical trial by Walach et al [4], out of 139 provisionally enrolled patients, 38 patients were excluded because the team of homeopathic doctors could not find homeopathic remedies which would fit in these patients. In a clinical trial by Gibson et al [7] the investigators attempted to minimise this weakness by allotting equal numbers of patients with good prescribing symptoms and patients without good prescribing symptoms to each of the homeopathic and placebo groups.…”

“…In several clinical trials based on classical homeopathy this hypothesis was adopted in one way or other. For example, in trials on chronic headaches by Walach et al [4], no emphasis was given to the neurological diagnosis of headache such as migraine or tension headache for treatment purposes although each of these conditions has a different aetiology and pathogenesis. Peter Fisher [5] chose fibrositis as the subject of a clinical trial because it lacks a pathological definition.…”

Homoeopathy not recommended for migraine prophylaxis

“…A recent study of classical homoeopathy involving patients with chronic headache did take rigour one step further to cover these criticisms by having a panel of experienced homoeopaths agree on the correct homoeopathic remedy 1 . That study also reported a negative result for homoeopathy.…”

Wirksamkeitsnachweis in der Homöopathie

“…Somit erhalten Patienten trotz gleicher schulmedizinischer Diagnose unterschiedliche homöopathische Arzneimittel. Hieraus resultiert, dass für Studien zur klassischen Homöopathie nur in Einzelfällen Patienten, die das gleiche Arzneimittel erhalten, zur Verfügung stehen [5,16]. Die Beobachtung von Ein-…”