title: Homeopathic treatment of chronic headache: a critique.
abstract: The author critically reviews a randomised controlled trial by homeopathy for chronic headache and an observational follow-up study of the same patient cohort. The results showed no difference between homeopathy and placebo. The author believes that these results were a 'false negative' due to inadequate homeopathic treatment, particularly relating to the duration of symptoms and handling of homeopathic aggravations. Guidelines for future studies are proposed.
authors.affiliation: International Academy for Classical Homeopathy, Alonissos, Greece. vithoulkasalon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vithoulkas
mesh_terms: D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic