Minnesota Cocaine Craving Scale scores showed no between-group differences in the intensity of cravings but results significantly favoured homeopathy over placebo in the proportion of weeks without craving episodes and the patients ' appraisal of treatment efficacy for reduction of cravings .
4 . Gleiss A . Frass M , Gaertner K . Re-analysis of survival data of cancer patients utilizing additive homeopathy . Complement Ther Med . 2016 ; 27:65-7 . doi : 10.1016 / j . ctim . 2016.06.001 . This was a brief re-analysis of the data from a previous study looking at the relative survival data from cancer patients treated with homeopathy . The team took account of a probable immortal time bias . For patients suffering from advanced stages of cancer and surviving the first 6 or 12 months after diagnosis , respectively , the results show that utilising homeopathy gives a statistically significant ( p < 0.001 ) advantage over control patients regarding survival time . In conclusion , bearing in mind all limitations , the results of this retrospective study suggest that patients with advanced stages of cancer might benefit from additional homeopathic treatment until a survival time of up to 12 months after diagnosis .
5 . Bagot JL . Using hetero-isotherapics in cancer supportive care : the fruit of fifteen years of experience . Homeopathy . 2016 ; 105 ( 1 ): 119-25 . In this work the authors set out to determine if the use of homeopathic medicines made from chemotherapy drugs , also called hetero-isotherapy , would reduce the level of side-effects from chemotherapy experienced by people being treated for cancer . The treatment involved taking a daily dose of the homeopathic medicine made from the chemotherapy drug used , with the patient taking ascending potencies from 5C to 15C . The team observed a significant decrease in side effects , allergic reactions and late sequelae in the more than 6,000 hetero-isotherapic treatments given to some 4,000 patients . The better tolerance to chemotherapy and the improvement in quality of life led to an increase in treatment adherence . No interference with chemotherapy was observed . When it was necessary to prescribe another homeopathic medicine , combination with hetero-isotherapy generally improved its effectiveness .
6 . Poole J . Individualised homeopathy after cancer treatment . Nurs Times . 2014 ; 110 ( 41 ): 17-9 . This was a small , community-based study carried out in the UK which explored the benefits of a 3-month course of individualised homeopathy ( IH ) for survivors of cancer . A total of 15 survivors of any type of cancer , for whom up to 3 years had passed since their conventional treatment ended , were recruited by a walk-in cancer support centre , and patients scored their total , physical and emotional wellbeing using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy for Cancer before and after receiving four IH sessions over a 3-month period . The group as a whole showed statistically significant , positive results for total , physical and emotional wellbeing , suggesting IH has a role in symptom control and general recovery from conventional cancer treatment .
In-Vitro Research
1 . Bishayee K , Sikdar S , Khuda- Bukhsh AR . Evidence of an epigenetic modification in cell-cycle arrest caused by the use of ultra-highly-diluted Gonolobus Condurango extract . Pharmacopuncture . 2013 ; 16 ( 4 ): 7-13 . This work was carried out to determine if homeopathically prepared Condurango 30C was capable of arresting the cell cycles in cervical cancer cells ( HeLa cells ) by triggering an epigenetic modification through a modulation of the activity of the key enzyme histone deacetylase 2 vis-a-vis the succussed alcohol ( placebo ) control . The team