Homeopathy For ADHD?
From my research I found that scientist in the U.S. Vitobrain Review have been unable to prove with any certainty exactly why, how, or if homeopathy works. There have been published case/control trials that have shown that it is more effective than placebo in a number of diseases. There have been some studies on the treatment of ADHD symptoms done in Switzerland, which found homeopathic treatment to be highly effective provided that the child is placed on the correct homeopathic remedy. Homeopaths believe that you must treat every individual with the exact medicine that will help that individual and that a 'one medicine fits all' approach does not work for ADHD or for any disease.
A search of the ADHD forums finds some homeopathy advocates who swear that the medicine has helped their hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and focus. There are many more people on these forums that report that they tried homeopathic medicines and that they are a HUGE waste of money. One homeopathic expert reports that it is more difficult to treat children with homeopathy than it is to treat adults because getting the correct dose can be tricky in children.
Homeopathic physicians argue that one treatment may help one person while another treatment for ADHD will help another and that the treatments have to be tailored to the person. One study done in Switzerland first identified the medicine that would work for a child with ADHD and then followed them for several months. The researcher from this study reported that these children, who had tailor made treatments, did very well controlling their symptoms of ADHD with their individual ADHD cures. The problem I find with this study is that if you only including patients in your study if the medicine has 'worked'; you are not really testing the medicine.
