CASE REPORT - Outcome of a patient with RA treated with homeopathic drugs without DMARD therapy

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Med Klin (Munich). 2008 Jan 15;103(1):36-7.

Outcome of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with

homeopathic drugs without DMARD therapy

Keysser G.

Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Universitätsklinik Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale).

CASE REPORT: The case of a 34-year-old female patient with rheumatoid

arthritis (RA) is reported, who was treated with homeopathic medicine

without DMARD (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs) therapy for 13

years. She required bilateral knee replacement surgery. Her arthritis

was highly active. On X-ray analysis, her wrists, metacarpophalangeal

and proximal interphalangeal joints displayed marked structural

damage.

CONCLUSION: There are very few controlled clinical trials

investigating the efficacy of homeopathic remedies in RA, and none of

them has shown a significant benefit for the patients. This lack of

efficacy is underscored by the case presented here. It is medical

malpractice to treat patients with homeopathic drugs while withholding

an effective DMARD therapy.

PMID: 18219461

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18219461

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