Is homoeopathy cost-effective?

In 2005 the results of an investigation by leading economist Christopher Smallwood were published. He took a fresh and independent look at the contribution which complementary therapies can potentially make to the delivery of healthcare in the UK.

Having considered evidence from the literature, in practice and case studies he concluded that if only 4% of GPs were to offer homoeopathy as a major frontline approach to treatment, a saving of £190 million would result. Savings achieved by the use of homoeopathy largely relate to reduced drug bills in certain clinical areas.

A series of small studies demonstrate the potential in this area. For example in a 500-patient survey at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, 72% of patients with skin complaints reported being able to stop or reduce their conventional medication. Swayne (1992) conducted a study of the prescription costs of 22 doctors and found that, on average, practices with GPs using homoeopathy prescribed 12% fewer items of medication (including conventional and homoeopathic) per patient than other practices in the area. If this figure was extrapolated to a national level the number of items would be reduced by 41.5 million.

"No hot drink works faster!"

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Quite a claim.
...Or is it?
I hear these claims quite a lot at the moment when medications are being advertised.
It's easy to jump to the conclusion that this is the fastest working hot drink.
However, this isn't the claim.
The claim is NO HOT DRINK works faster, i.e. If you have no hot drink, it'll work faster.
Genius!
Hence they can get away with such claims.
Listen out for them, there's loads!
I can't wait for "no anti-ageing cream works faster!" or "no medicine can get you better quicker!"

Vested Interest

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The Pharmaceutical industry makes huge amounts of money.

For it to continue to make huge amounts of money, we have to continue to take their medicines.

So, what do you think the medicines are prescribed to do?

When you pay to see me, what are you paying for?

A consultation.

I don't make any money on my medicines.
In fact, I include them in the consultation fees.

When you get better you don't need to see me anymore or even take the medicines, you tell people, they notice the difference and more people come to see me.

That's how I make a living.

I don't make a killing.

Cure?

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What is a medicine supposed to do?
Why are homoeopathic medicines also called remedies?
What is a remedy?
A remedy is a solution, to rectify or to remove something undesirable.
One of the main attractions for homoeopathy is that it has a definition of cure.
This is the goal by which all prescriptions should be based...

"The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of the health, or removal and anihilation of the disease in this whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable and most harmless way on easily comprehensive principles."
from: The Organon of Medicine, Sixth Edition, Samuel Hahnemann

Do you feel that conventional medicines are prescribed to do this?

Motivation

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Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.

Most of us think of failure as a reason to give up. Can you imagine what would happen if parents treated their children like failures when they were learning to walk? Have you ever seen a parent say to their child that fell over whilst taking their first steps, "Oh well, I guess you'll never be a walker."

After Thomas Edison's 700th unsuccessful attempt to invent the electric light bulb, he was asked, "How does it feel to have failed 700 times?" He responded, " I haven't failed 700 times... I haven't failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated all those ways that will not work, I'll find the way that will work."

... and he did.

If you're one of those people who thinks of themselves as a failure, not succeeding, or just not reaching your true potential then I can help.

A well-prescribed homoeopathic remedy will help you see your challenges and hurdles differently. By altering the attitude, it helps you change the outcome.

How valuable is your health?

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Which do you feel is more expensive...

Getting well?

... or staying ill?

Homoeopathy - The Last Resort

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Have you ever heard someone say when they've found something that they'd lost that it was the last place they'd think of looking?

We know there's a simple explanation for this -

You don't carry on looking for something once you've found it, do you?

People often regard homoeopathy as the last resort. In fact there's a medical nemonic - T.E.E.T.H - Tried Everything Else, Try Homoeopathy!

But... The reason homoeopathy is the last resort is the same as when you've found something that you've lost...

Once you've found health and healing, why would you need to look any further?