Homeopathic medicines as a means of non-specific prophylaxis and therapy of influenza and acute respiratory diseases
https://doi.org/10.22627/2072-8107-2020-19-1-37-43
Abstract
Many years of experience in the use of homeopathic medicines in the treatment and prevention of respiratory diseases has been accumulated in Russia; it testifies to the effectiveness of their use in pediatrics.
Materials and methods. The results of a multicenter open randomized observation on the effectiveness of the homeopathic medicine Oscillococcinum® in the treatment of influenza and other acute respiratory diseases in children aged 6 to 12 years are presented.
Results. It was shown that short-term (within 4 days from the onset of the disease) administration of the drug according to the standard scheme leads to a persistent improvement in clinical symptoms already on the 4th day of illness in most children (88.66%). Symptoms of intoxication, such as weakness, headache, temperature reaction are recorded by the 14th day of the disease in only 2—4% of cases. Catarrhal symptoms stop by the end of the second week of the disease in most children. Only 1 adverse event was identified associated with the course of the underlying disease.
About the Author
O. V. Shamsheva
Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga Shamsheva - MD, Рrofessor, head of the department of infectious diseases in children, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University.
Moscow.
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Shamsheva O.V. Homeopathic medicines as a means of non-specific prophylaxis and therapy of influenza and acute respiratory diseases. CHILDREN INFECTIONS. 2020;19(1):37-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22627/2072-8107-2020-19-1-37-43
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