of Diseases-10 diagnosis of cocaine dependence( F14.2) were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomly assigned to either of two treatment groups: psychosocial rehabilitation plus homeopathic Q-potencies of opium and E. coca( homeopathy group), or psychosocial rehabilitation plus indistinguishable placebo( placebo group). The mean percentage of cocaineusing days in the homeopathy group was 18.1 %( standard deviation( SD): 22.3 %), compared to 29.8 %( SD: 30.6 %) in the placebo group( P < 0.01). An analysis of the Minnesota Cocaine Craving Scale scores showed no betweengroup 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. This was a brief re-analysis of the data from a previous study using homeopathy in cancer therapy, where the research 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 showed that utilising homeopathy gave a statistically significant( p < 0.001) advantage over control patients regarding survival time. These results suggested that patients in an advanced stage of cancer receiving additional homeopathic treatment may have an addition survival time of up to 12 months after diagnosis.
5. Bagot JL. Using heteroisotherapics 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 homeopathic potencies from 5C to 15C. Researchers 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 improved tolerance to chemotherapy and the improvement