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Homoeopathic Management Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial, Praveen Oberai, S Gopinadhan, Roja Varanasi, Alok Mishra, Vikram Singh, Chaturbhuja Nayak
Homoeopathic Management Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial, Praveen Oberai, S Gopinadhan, Roja Varanasi, Alok Mishra, Vikram Singh, Chaturbhuja Nayak
Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of individualised homoeopathic medicines in treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Design: Randomised placebo-controlled single-blind pilot trial. Setting: Central Research Institute (Homoeopathy), Kottayam, Kerala, India from June 2009 to November 2011. Participants: Children aged 6-15 years meeting the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for ADHD. Interventions: A total of 61 patients (Homoeopathy = 30, placebo = 31) were randomised to receive either individualised homoeopathic medicine in fifty millesimal (LM) potency or placebo for a period of one year. Outcome measures: Conner′s Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Short (CPRS-R (S)), Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scale …
Individualized Homoeopathy Versus Placebo In Essential Hypertension: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial, Subhranil Saha, Munmun Koley, Seikh Hossain, Malay Mundle, Shubhamoy Ghosh, Goutam Nag, Achintya Datta, Prasanta Rath
Individualized Homoeopathy Versus Placebo In Essential Hypertension: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial, Subhranil Saha, Munmun Koley, Seikh Hossain, Malay Mundle, Shubhamoy Ghosh, Goutam Nag, Achintya Datta, Prasanta Rath
Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
Background: Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disorder posing a major public health challenge to the population. Homoeopathy, although widely used in hypertension, is assumed to have nothing but placebo effects and its specific clinical effects are frequently ascribed as implausible. Aims: To evaluate whether individualized homoeopathy can produce any significant effect different from placebo in essential hypertension by comparing the lowering of blood pressure between groups. Settings and Design: A prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm clinical trial was conducted at the Outpatient Clinic of the Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathy Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal. Material and Methods: Out of …
Effect Of Individualized Homoeopathic Treatment In Influenza Like Illness: A Multicenter, Single Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study, P Chakraborty, C Lamba, D Nayak, M John, D Sarkar, Amitava Poddar, J Arya, K Raju, Kumar Vivekanand
Effect Of Individualized Homoeopathic Treatment In Influenza Like Illness: A Multicenter, Single Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study, P Chakraborty, C Lamba, D Nayak, M John, D Sarkar, Amitava Poddar, J Arya, K Raju, Kumar Vivekanand
Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
Background: In the past decade the upsurge of influenza throughout the globe was significant and in recent years this has resurfaced showing failures of all the preventive and therapeutic measures against it. Thus, this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of homoeopathic medicines in the treatment of Influenza like illness (primary objective) and to compare the complication rate among patients receiving homoeopathic medication as compared to the patients receiving placebo and also to compare the efficacy of LM potency vis-ΰ-vis Centesimal potency (secondary objective). Material and Methods: This was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, triple arm placebo controlled trial conducted …