Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2

Part 2 of this narrative review outlines the theoretical and practical bases for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of conventional medicines and homeopathic products. Known and postulated mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. The evidence for clinical efficacy of products in both cate...

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Autores principales: Lees, P., Pelligand, L., Whiting, M., Chambers, D., Toutain, P-L., Whitehead, M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.104279
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description Part 2 of this narrative review outlines the theoretical and practical bases for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of conventional medicines and homeopathic products. Known and postulated mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. The evidence for clinical efficacy of products in both categories, in the form of practitioner experience, meta-analysis and systematic reviews of clinical trial results, is discussed. The review also addresses problems and pitfalls in assessing data, and the ethical and negative aspects of pharmacology and homeopathy in veterinary medicine.
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spelling pubmed-57385882018-01-03 Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 2 Lees, P. Pelligand, L. Whiting, M. Chambers, D. Toutain, P-L. Whitehead, M. L. Vet Rec Research Part 2 of this narrative review outlines the theoretical and practical bases for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of conventional medicines and homeopathic products. Known and postulated mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. The evidence for clinical efficacy of products in both categories, in the form of practitioner experience, meta-analysis and systematic reviews of clinical trial results, is discussed. The review also addresses problems and pitfalls in assessing data, and the ethical and negative aspects of pharmacology and homeopathy in veterinary medicine. BMJ Group 2017-08-19 2017-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5738588/ /pubmed/28821700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.104279 Text en British Veterinary Association This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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