R: [Omeo33] Art 0169 - Homeopathy, 2004, 93 (4), 203-209

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Oggetto: [Omeo33] Art 0169 - Homeopathy, 2004, 93 (4), 203-209

 

A preliminary audit investigating remedy reactions including adverse events
in routine homeopathic practice

E. Thompson, S. Barron and D. Spence

 

Homeopathic medicines are regarded as safe but practitioners report several
types of healing or remedy reactions including aggravations, new symptoms
and recurrence of old symptoms, some of which could be regarded as side
effects or unwanted effects. Some remedy reactions may be regarded as
adverse events.

Audit Questions: Do such reactions occur within our unit, and if so, how
frequently? Do patients regard these events as “adverse”?

Methods: The audit was carried out in the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital
Outpatient Department. All patients were given a questionnaire to complete
when at their first follow-up consultation approx 6–10 weeks after their
first appointment. One hundered and sixteen patients were sampled over a
2-month period.

Results: Reactions were frequent: 28 out of the 116 (24%) patients,
experienced an aggravation. Thirteen patients (11%) reported an adverse
event even though 5 of those were patients who also reported an aggravation
followed by an overall improvement of their symptoms. Thirty-one patients
described new symptoms (27%) and 21(18%), a return of old symptoms. Those
experiencing the latter appeared to have better outcomes.

Conclusions: Remedy reactions are common in clinical practice; some patients
experience them as adverse events. Systematically recording side effects
would facilitate our understanding of these reactions and would enable
standards to be set for audit of information and patient care.

 

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