Wirksamkeitsnachweis eines Homöopathikums bei chronischer Polyarthritis

Author(s): Gaus, W.

Journal/Book: Akt Rheumatol. 1991; 16: 1-9.

Abstract: Six general practitioners treated 111 patients with rheumatoid arthritis with the homeopathic preparation "Rheumaselect" or placebo over 12 weeks in a randomized, double blind, controlled trial. Outcome criteria were pain at night, resting, and movement, inflamatory signs, morning stiffness, fatigue, patient's assessment of pain; functional index according to Lee, and the overall assessment of the therapy by the treating physician and by the patient. A remarkable improvement of these criteria was found in both groups, but the improvement was more marked with verum than with placebo.In the protocol was defined, that the consumption of antirheumatic and analgetic drugs and the assessment of pain by the patient were combined to a single outcome variable for the statistical test. The result is a significant efficiency of the homeopathic drug.

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