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According to the article on Oscillococcinum at Wikipedia:
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The efficacy of Oscillococcinum
There is no scientific evidence as to the efficacy of Oscillococcinum.
After diluting the original mixture 200 times there is an overwhelming
probability that not a single molecule of its active ingredient will
be present in the final product. In terms of chemistry, such a
dilution is identical to water and therefore there is no mechanism for
a medicinal effect. Homeopathy as a whole is considered pseudoscience
by the majority of doctors.
Since it is used for the relief of symptoms of flu, a self-limiting
disease which lasts for a variable number of days, the best it could
do is shorten the duration of those symptoms. If one takes any
medication and one's flu goes away, then it is easy to attribute this
to the medication. However, the infection would have resolved anyway.
Various clinical trials of Oscillococcinum have been conducted;
however, the statistical significance and the scientific rigor of
these studies is debated, and some studies attributed the results to
the placebo effect.
In one systematic review of the published clinical studies, the
authors reported that the studies showed that Oscillococcinum possibly
reduced the duration of the flu by about six hours, but has no effect
on preventing it. They concluded the data are not strong enough to
make a general recommendation to use Oscillococcinum for flu. Another
review of flu treatments (vaccine, medicine, homeopathy) has concluded
that the popularity of Oscillococcinum in France was unsupported by
the current evidence as to its efficacy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillococcinum
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