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Salicylates and homoeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary observations.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1429555/

R G Gibson, S L Gibson, A D MacNeill, G H Gray, W C Dick, and W W Buchanan

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a pilot study in which 41 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were treated with high doses of salicylate, 3.9 g per day, and the results compared with a further 54 similar patients treated with homoeopathy. Both groups were compared with 100 patients who received placebo. 2 The patients who received homoeopathy did better than those who received salicylate. The design of the trial was such, however, that it was not possible to distinguish between the effects due to the physicians and the effects due to the drugs and a further trial is planned to elucidate this point. 3 Patients on homoeopathic treatment did not experience toxic effects.

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