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Homeopathic ADHD Treatments - Do They Really Work?

By Robert Winterson

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Published: 20Mar2012
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Often parents ask about homeopathic ADHD treatments and if they really work. I think that they are looking for black and white answers. They are also looking for something which is rather difficult to quantify in the normal world of RCTs (randomized control trials). Because homeopathy works on restoring the body mind balance, it does not fit in neatly with the standards that are set by the FDA.

This raises the whole question of placebos. The FDA people are very fond of quoting the four tests that they did with a mere 168 people on homeopathic ADHD treatments. They said that the results showed that there was no difference between the placebos and the homeopathic remedies. The effects were about the same and there was no added benefit at all in going down the homeopathic route.

Given that the FDA has left large loopholes about what actually goes into placebos which are used in the normal RCTs, I wonder how on earth they can claim that the effects are the same. In conventional allopathic testing, there is no legal requirement to state what is in their placebos so there could be anything in them. According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, the ingredients in placebo controlled trials in 167 tests were never revealed! There could be anything in them from sugar to hydrogenated oils, depending on what they were testing.

Then there is the whole question of the actual effect of placebos. Nobody in the world has been able to explain that when people believe they are receiving some type of treatment for their illness, the brain reacts in much the same way as it does when given a placebo. This is always the same whether we are using homeopathy or allopathic medication.

Then there is the fact that the child will not know that there is a difference between homeopathic medicine and the psychosytimulants. It is just medication for him. That is really the key point. One fact we do know about though is that the side effects of the powerful mind altering drugs affect about 30% of the children taking them. That means they will have problems in sleeping and eating. That is no joke.

We will never get a scientific explanation about homeopathic ADHD treatments so all we have to go on is to see how the child reacts and what benefits he or she may gain. There may not be any and I not claiming that homeopathy will work for everybody. But if your child is calmer and has a longer attention span, then you might want to continue using the homeopathic remedies.

There is one inescapable fact though which the critics of homeopathy cannot escape from. That is that there are no side effects and there are no health risks at all, unlike their own medications. By the way, has anybody ever explained why and how a stimulant which is an amphetamine can calm a child with ADHD down? The allopathic medical community have a lot of explaining to do.

Experts now tell us that natural ADHD treatments combined with child behavior modification techniques is by far the most effective ADHD treatment. Homeopathic ADHD treatments are controversial just like the psychostimulants. Robert Winterson has written extensively on ADHD and Mental Health for many years.

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