Homeopathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis – an evaluation by double-blind clinical trial

Rheumatoid Arthritis affects 0.8% of the population globally despite the application of various hazardous allopathic drugs such as steroids and immunosuppressants. While reviewing homeopathic literature, out of many, two research studies of Gibson et al. (Br. Jr. Pharm.1979, BHJ 1980) are interesting. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of homeopathic medicines alone (group A) on RA whose effects were compared with homeopathic medicine administered along with methotoxin (group B), where allopathic medicines could not be stopped because of pain on withdrawal. Methods: Patients in group A were divide…