10 July 2017
Homeopathy is a recognized and effective therapy for patients (BPI)
The Bundesverband der Pharmazeutische Industrie e.v (BPI) from Germany_ has declared that: homeopathy is a recognized and effective therapy for patients_ and showed its support to homeopathy. According to the document_ it is a recognized and accepted therapy for the German patients and the first choice for many of them. Supposedly_ this affirmation arises from the results of a poll that such an organization charged the Institute for Social Investigation and Statistical Analysis (FORSA)_ one of the leaders in the field of research and sociological matters in Germany. According to the results of the study_ approximately half of the respondents had taken homeopathy_ of which 70% were satisfied or very satisfied with its efficacy and tolerability. Likewise_ the results also revealed that almost two thirds_ of those polled_ considered important or very important that the political organisms work actively with medical doctors to integrate methods such as homeopathy with conventional treatments. In addition_ the majority of them also consider that health insurance companies should reimburse the cost of services related to homeopathy. The poll shows that many people integrate homeopathy as a complementary therapeutic option because of its few secondary effects_ was noted by Dr. Norbert Gerbsch_ executive subdirector of BPI. If the doctor and the patient use it correctly and in a responsible manner it can obtain good results. Homeopathy has been recognized as a complementary treatment to conventional medicine and is clearly requested by German patients_ he affirmed. This data ratifies that homeopathy is a social and public health reality in Europe_ since it is integrated in the health systems of the first world such as France_ Germany_ and Switzerland with a very high degree of satisfaction. France published a study through its Ministry of Health about the degree of prescriptions of homeopathy among the French doctors_ remarking that about 70% of the medical body consider homeopathy an effective therapy_ as is habitually prescribed by 5000 general doctors and by other 25_000 on occasion. resource: http://www.bpi.de/home/nachrichten/nachrichten/patienten-vertrauen-homoeopathischen-arzneimitteln/