Individually prescribed homeopathic medicines have beneficial effect beyond placebo

New research shows that homeopathic medicines, when prescribed during individualised treatment, are up to twice as likely to have a beneficial effect than placebo.

From Homeopathy Research Institute:

Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses of homeopathy have been performed. However none had looked solely at placebo-controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment, as delivered by homeopaths in practice. The research team of Mathie et al has now performed such an analysis and found that homeopathic medicines, when prescribed during individualised treatment, are 1.5 – 2 times more likely to have a beneficial effect than placebo. Use of a rigorous and transparent methodology gives credibility to these findings, which fundamentally challenge claims that homeopathy is purely a placebo effect. HRI has now published a research article on this study, explaining the work and the results in straight-forward language, and commenting on the implications of the findings.

Further information

• The best studies show individualised homeopathic treatment has beneficial effects beyond placebo, HRI Research Article, Rachel Roberts and Dr Alexander Tournier, Autumn 2015

• Randomised placebo-controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis, Mathie et al., Systematic Reviews, December 2014

• Presentation of results by Dr Mathie, HRI conference, Rome 2015