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A response to @homeopathynatho about checking Cochrane for support for homeopathy
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Homeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments.md

Response to homeopathynatho

Homeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments

This review looked at whether these [homeopathic] medicines could help patients with problems caused by cancer treatments […] Two studies with low risk of bias demonstrated benefit: one with 254 participants demonstrated benefits from calendula ointment in the prevention of radiotherapy-induced dermatitis, and another with 32 participants demonstrated benefits from Traumeel S (a complex homeopathic medicine) […] These trials need replicating. Two other studies reported positive results, although the risk of bias was unclear, and four further studies reported negative results. […].

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