Evaluation de deux produits homéopathiques sur la reprise du transit après chirurgie digestive

Journal/Book: Presse Med. 1989; 18: 59-62.

Abstract: The effects of two homoeopathic preparations, Opium and Raphanus, given in dilutions of 1030 (15 HC) and 1010 (5 HC) respectively, on the resumption of intestinal peristalsis after operations on the digestive tract were evaluated in a controlled, doubleblind therapeutic trial involving patients from 12 hospitals. The patients were allocated at random into 4 groups of 150 each : 1 untreated group and 3 groups who received either Opium and Raphanus, or Opium arid the placebo of Raphanus or the placebos of the two products. The results were assessed on the time elapsed between closure of the abdominal wall and the first faeces and (accessorily) the first bowel sounds and passing of flatus per rectum. Pre-operative and operative features were similar in all 4 groups. There was no significant difference in the effects of treatment between the groups, even when such predictive factors as type and duration of surgery and age were taken into account. lt is concluded that the trial failed to dernonstrate any effect of Opium or Raphanus on the resumption of intestinal peristalsis after digestive tract surgery. Nor did it confirm the activity of ultra-molecular dilutions claimed for this type of drugs.

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Evaluation de deux produits homéopathiques sur la reprise du transit après chirurgie digestive - Un essai controlé multicentrique