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What is homeopathy?
Like
Cures Like
Law of Minimums
Stimulate bodys own healing process
Ie.
Ipecac
Effectiveness of Homeopathy
A meta-analysis
of placebo controlled
clinical trials demonstrated that
homeopathic effects are not due to
placebo alone, there was a 2.45 times
greater effect than placebo
Meta-analysis of 107 controlled trials
showed 76% of those studies were
effective
Obesity in Adults
Estimated
Risk of Obesity
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Type 2 Diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea
Respiratory problems
Endometrial, breast, prostate, or colon cancer
food cravings
Respond to normal satiety
Improving metabolism
Controlling hypoglycemia
Mental/emotional issues
exercise
Control manufactured by
Dolisos America Inc.
Homeopathics Included
Anacardium
orientale
Antimonium crudum
Calcarea carbonica
Graphites
Iodium
Nuv Vomica
Sx
Anacar
dium
Antimoni
um
Calcera
Graphite
s
Iodium
Nux
vomica
Curbing
Hunger
Improving
metabolis
m
Hypo glycemia
Over eating
mood
X
X
Craving
sugar
Craving
Fat
Methods
Recruited
Methods
Inclusion:
Male/female
21-45 y.o
BMI 30-39 kg/m
Confirmed menstrual period prior to
enrollment
Able to comply with study requirements:
informed consent, 2 office visits, follow up
monitoring, avoid other diet programs and
perform exercise program
Methods
Exclusion:
Pregnant,
pregnant
Obesity of endocrine origin
History of bulimia or anorexia
History of alcohol or drug addiction
Methods
4 week trial
Take 1 tablet 4 times per day sublingual
Exercise 4 times per week
Wear pedometer daily
Fill out daily questioners
Weekly phone monitoring
Office visit 2 times
exam:
Outcome Parameters
Results
Of
Exercise Compliance
There
Questionaires
These were significant (P < .05) The daily
questionaire asking about hunger, satiety,
thirst, mood and defecation should overall
improvement in active group as compared to
placebo
Results from SF 36 confirmed results
Improvements may have been attributed to
increase incidence of exercise in active group
Depressive Scale
No
Adverse Effects
None
were reported
The only complaint reported by some
patient was amount of time required to
dissolve pill
Conclusion
It was not conclusively shown that this
product promoted weight loss, however the
time interval may have been to short to draw
a significant conclusion
It was conclusively shown that the active
group did notice changes in quality of life
issues, suggesting that the product may be
effective at a longer interval
Future Studies
We
Statistical Analysis
Each