TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jean-Lionel, BAGOT
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/09/15
TI  - Pain in Oncology, Reality and Paradox of Homeopathic Care
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 019
VL  - 03
IS  - 03
AB  - Background:
After fatigue, pain is one of the major complaints from cancer patients. Regular use of Class 1 analgesics may cause side effects and is not always sufficient to relieve pain. Homeopathy is the complementary and integrative medicine most frequently used in France in supportive care in oncology (SCO). What is its place in the treatment of pain?
Method:
Extraction and analysis of results concerning pain from three surveys, two of which were carried out in France, on the main indications of homeopathy in SCO from doctors specialising in oncology (DSO), non-homeopathic general practitioners (NHGP) and homeopathic general practitioners (HGP), and the third being among patients in a cancer ward in Vienna. 
Results: 
Both NHGP and DSO are interested in homeopathic therapy primarily for the pain of chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) but also for musculoskeletal pain. Compared to a control group, patients treated with homeopathy experienced more pain relief (p 
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1803019
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1803019
ID  - Jean-Lionel2018
ER  -