Adverse effects of homeopathy: a systematic review of published case reports and case series – comment by Tournier et al
| Autor: | E R Roberts, A Tournier, Petter Viksveen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical Practice |
| ISSN: | 1742-1241 1368-5031 |
| Popis: | To the Editor: We write to express grave concern about the recent article by Posadzki et al. 1 in which the authors claim to have identified 1159 patients who have experienced mild-to-severe adverse effects (AE) caused either directly or indirectly by homeopathic treatment, including four fatalities. Our concern about this systematic review is not that it highlights the potential for AE from homeopathy, as it would be most peculiar for any medical intervention to be entirely harm-free. Rather, on scrutiny of the article, we have discovered that the reporting of published cases, as well as the methods and analyses applied by the authors are seriously flawed, leading to unreliable conclusions about the relative safety of homeopathy. Detailed examination of the 37 original articles cited by Posadzki and colleagues has uncovered numerous striking errors. As there are too many to mention in this comment, we draw your attention to just some examples of our key concerns below. |
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