Homeopathy is not pharmacology

What is homeopathy? An introduction.

Homeopathy is based on the idea of 'let like be cured by like'. It was founded by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century, although similar concepts existed earlier. Homeopathy became popular in the 19th century in part because of its success in epidemics but declined during most of the 20th century. Its popularity increased in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in many parts of the world...

Homeopathy Is Unscientific and Unethical

Homeopathy: do not condemn what we do not understand.

Almeida’s ‘critical’ review of homeopathy is not based on systematic review of the evidence and is strongly biased against homeopathy. There have been three systematic reviews/meta-analyses of ‘general’ scope (ie including all clinical trials of homeopathy), published in peer-reviewed journals. All have yielded positive conclusions. Almeida conceals these conclusions by highly selective quotati...

The report "Homeopathy in healthcare: effectiveness, appropriateness, safety, costs" is not a "Swiss report".

In his recent editorial [1] David M. Shaw drew attention to a book on the effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homeopathy that had recently been published in English [2]. He pointed out several shortcomings regarding good research practice. Unfortunately, several statements in the editorial, concerning the role the Swiss government had in publishing the report, as well as the inf...

Is homeopathy a clinically valuable approach?

Homeopathy is a popular but implausible form of medicine. Contrary to many claims by homeopaths, there is no conclusive evidence that highly dilute homeopathic remedies are different from placebos. The benefits that many patients experience after homeopathic treatment are therefore most probably due to nonspecific treatment effects. Contrary to widespread belief, homeopathy is not entirely devo...