Homeopathy again: a questionable meta-analysis


Author: Anonymous


Conference/Journal: Prescrire Int
Date published: 1999
Other:
 Volume ID: 7   ,  Issue ID: 35   ,  Pages: 94-5   ,  Word Count: 52  
    A meta-analysis published in the Lancet in September 1997 cautiously concluded that homeopathic drug activity is not fully explained by the placebo effect. A thorough examination of this meta-analysis reveals design errors that make the results untrustworthy. There is still nothing to suggest that homeopathic drugs are any more effective than a placebo.