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[post_content] => The decision by the French government to end funding for homeopathic treatments is based on "deeply flawed evidence", according to a member of the Society's board.
In a blog post for this website, Alex Winkler says the French National Authority for Health (HAS) has relied on a limited number of studies to argue that medical and scientific data do not show any benefit to homeopathy.
"One striking absence is the EPI3 study that has shown that homeopathic treatment presents a comparable clinical evolution to the one obtained with so-called conventional treatments, together with a decreased consumption of allopathic drugs," he says.
The French are following the same "deceitful" strategy for discrediting homeopathy as other countries in Europe, the US and Australia where a similar "witch-hunt" has been taking place, he adds.
In France, homeopathic remedies are currently prescribed by doctors and are readily available in most pharmacies with the state healthcare system reimbursing 30 per cent of the cost for each medication. Many people take out insurance that covers the remainder.
The HAS decision means that the reimbursement will fall to 15 per cent in 2020 to allow time for manufacturers to adjust and will be abolished by 2021.
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The decision by the French government to end funding for homeopathic treatments is based on “deeply flawed evidence”, according to a member of the Society’s board.
In a blog post for this website, Alex Winkler says the French National Authority for Health (HAS) has relied on a limited number of studies to argue that medical and scientific data do not show any benefit to homeopathy.
“One striking absence is the EPI3 study that has shown that homeopathic treatment presents a comparable clinical evolution to the one obtained with so-called conventional treatments, together with a decreased consumption of allopathic drugs,” he says.
The French are following the same “deceitful” strategy for discrediting homeopathy as other countries in Europe, the US and Australia where a similar “witch-hunt” has been taking place, he adds.
In France, homeopathic remedies are currently prescribed by doctors and are readily available in most pharmacies with the state healthcare system reimbursing 30 per cent of the cost for each medication. Many people take out insurance that covers the remainder.
The HAS decision means that the reimbursement will fall to 15 per cent in 2020 to allow time for manufacturers to adjust and will be abolished by 2021.