Efficacy of a Complex Homeopathic Medication (Sinfrontal) in Patients with Acute Maxillary Sinusitis: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-109

  Zabolotnyi, Dmitriy I ^a   Kneis, Kyra C ^b   Richardson, Andy ^c   Rettenberger, Reinhard ^d   Heger, Marianne ^e   Kaszkin Bettag, Marietta ^e   Heger, Peter W ^e  

^a Research Institute for Ear   (Ukraine)

^b Health Research Services Ltd   (Ukraine)

^c Health Research Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Chemisch Pharmazeutische Fabrik Goeppingen   (Germany)

^e Health Research Services Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical trial; Complementary medicine; EQ 5D; EQ VAS; general well being; homeopathy; radiography; sinusitis integrative medicine outcomes scale; sinusitis severity score

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BROMISOVAL; CORTICOSTEROID; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; SINFRONTAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UKRAINE; URTICARIA; WORK CAPACITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UKRAINE;

EID: 33947147375     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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