Ms Roberts holds a first class honours degree in Biological Sciences (specialising in Physiology) from the University of Birmingham and has been a professional homeopath since 1997. She is currently Lead Clinician, Academic Director and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital. Dr Thompson is a Consultant Homeopathic Physician specialising in oncology and a Fellow of the Faculty of Homeopathy. Research teamĭr Elizabeth Thompson BAOxon MBBS MRCP FFHom, who has extensive experience in clinical research in homeopathy, is confirmed as Mrs Roberts’ first supervisor. Wider implications of this projectĭemonstrating that a homeopathic medicine can improve bone healing either in terms of healing time, pain relief or both, could have a wide range of future applications the treatment could be of benefit to ‘healthy’ NHS patients with simple fractures, cancer patients with painful secondary bone tumours and patients with osteoporosis (being used to increase bone density, provide pain relief and/or stimulate healing in osteoporotic fractures). SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS TRIALthe double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial, still referred to by many as the ‘gold standard’ trial design for testing efficacy of a medical intervention. not related to any underlying disease) are one example, making the topic suitable for the type of research trial routinely used to test conventional drugs i.e. However in a small number of clinical situations, one homeopathic medicine is likely to help most people and can therefore be prescribed in the same way to all patients, without a homeopathic consultation. This raises significant challenges in terms of designing appropriate research studies which are able to isolate and measure the action of the homeopathic medicine, separately from the therapeutic effect of the consultation and the placebo effect. In most cases homeopathic treatment involves a lengthy consultation with a homeopath, followed by a prescription which is individualised to each patient. Cost-effectiveness would be assessed as an integral part of the clinical trial. The project would consist broadly of a literature review, case series and pilot double-blind, randomised clinical trial, with the intention to proceed to a full-scale efficacy trial should findings warrant this. Investigating the efficacy of the homeopathic medicine Symphytum for reducing healing time in patients with simple fractures
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