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Knowledge and Research Center for Alternative Medicine (ViFAB).

ViFAB is a center under the Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention.

Homeopathy

Here you can read about the effect of homeopathy.

This text is based on Cochrane reviews, which are recognized scientific articles.

Internal linkWhat is a Cochrane Review?

Authors: Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University Hospital and ViFAB.

About the categories:
Internal linkWhat is Positive Effect?

Internal linkWhat is Possible Positive Effect?

Internal linkWhat is No Effect?

None of the Cochrane reviews on homeopathy report a positive effect of the treatment.

The following treatments show a tendency towards a possible positive effect. However, the evidence is insufficient and cannot form the basis of general recommendations:

Eksternt linkHomeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments

None of the Cochrane reviews on homeopathy can conclude with certainty that the treatments are ineffective.

At present there exists only a few Cochrane reviews summarizing the results of studies into homeopathy.

Generally, the reviews conclude that there is no solid evidence to determine the effectiveness of the treatments.

The reviews point out that the existing research is too insufficient to form the basis of recommendations, negative and positive alike.

In this summary no distinction between the various types of homeopathy is made.



Last updated 04-01-2012

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