Cochrane review: Homeopathy for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, 2019, Peckham et al

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Open access in many countries, https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009710.pub3/full

https://twitter.com/user/status/1186002710031749120

 

They are just behaving like clowns now.

I could not see any reference to blinding in this review.

We really do live in a post-truth age.

 

Or, as The Mash Report put it,
"Post-truth is in fact just another name for wankers talking shit. Wankers have in fact been talking shit since the beginning of civilisation."

 

Yes, but there was a time when people used to distinguish first class shit from business class shit and economy shit.

 

Whatever this is driven by, it surely cannot be science. Which then begs the question: what is it driven by?

ETA: I see the answer is in the posts above - shit.

 

It is driven by the Cochrane hierarchy's obsession with 'demedicalisation'. Anything that does not involve drugs, whether faith healing or exercise, is better than drugs. Unless of course the drug company is providing some help with funds...

 

The gold standard of clinical evidence. :insert sarcastic clap emoji:

Turns out it was a cheap gold-painted plastic tchotchke of the Fonz jumping the shark all along.

 

wow. just wow.

 

I think Cochrane urgently need an intervention.

Addiction to magic?

 

Also, shame on the funders. Crohn's and Colitis Canada.

 

Also, this was originally reviewed in 2013. There was an update. Thus the current date.

 

When’s the study on bigfoot/Sasquatch healing going to be published? I bet it works just as well as homeopathy.

 

This is more the type of semi-diarrheic shit left stewing in an inner-city public bathroom stall for two weeks until maintenance shows up.

 

Good heavens! Cochrane informs public health policies. How do they have any credibility at all?


Many years ago, I tried homeopathics for ME - desperation - and recommendations from alternative physicians whom I thought would know, as they gave assurances.

No one else was offering anything "effective."

Of course the homeopathics didn't work. Just an excuse for practitioners to charge exorbitant prices for silliness, to use a polite term. I do like others' terms here for this quackery.

 

Yes, @Snowdrop. Astonishing that an established organization would support this.

Does this group recommend homeopathcis to their members; those who inquire etc.?

Might as well recommend standing on one's head and spitting nickels as a therapy.

 

Maybe it's all part of a homeopathic experiment to see if diluting their reputation increases the potency of their reviews.

 

An enema.