Efficacia del medicinale “Sepia” nei sintomi della menopausa – Studio clinico randomizzato, multicentrico, in doppio cieco e controllato con placebo

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Medicina omeopatica – Sepia per la gestione dei sintomi della menopausa: Uno studio clinico multicentrico, randomizzato, in doppio cieco e controllato con placebo.

La ricerca è stata pianificata e condotta sulla base dei risultati di un precedente studio del Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, al fine di convalidare ulteriormente l’efficacia del medicinale Sepia nella gestione dei sintomi della menopausa.

Homoeopathic medicine – Sepia for the management of menopausal symptoms: A multicentric, randomised, double‑blind placebo‑controlled clinical trial

L’efficacia del medicinale omeopatico Sepia 200C nella gestione dei sintomi della menopausa è stata ulterirmente dimostrata in uno studio clinico randomizzato, in doppio cieco e controllato con placebo, condotto in India.

Le donne in perimenopausa (471) sono state sottoposte a uno screening preliminare per determinare se i loro sintomi corrispondevano al profilo clinico-sperimentale patogenetico di “Sepia” secondo i principi omeopatici: di queste 88 donne sono risultate idonee alla ricerca, e sono state quindi assegnate in modo casuale a ricevere un placebo (44)  o un medicinale omeopatico (44) Sepia 200CH una volta al mese e seguite per sei mesi.

I risultati hanno mostrato un miglioramento statisticamente significativo (P=0,001) dei sintomi della menopausa nel gruppo Sepia rispetto al placebo, indicando che la Sepia omeopatica può avere un ruolo nelle donne in menopausa i cui sintomi corrispondono al profilo clinico individuale di questo medicinale

Lo studio clinico è stato condotto da aprile 2012 a settembre 2014 in quattro centri di ricerca del Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy. Sono stati esaminati casi in perimenopausa (n = 471) e quelli che soddisfacevano i criteri di eleggibilità (n = 88) sono stati arruolati e randomizzati a ricevere un intervento omeopatico, cioè Sepia (n = 44) o un identico al placebo (n = 44) e seguiti per 6 mesi per valutare i parametri clinici predefiniti.
sono stati considerati per l’analisi dell’esito primario.

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