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RE: Hysterectomy or homeopathy for fibroids... Why waste the money?

in #life7 years ago (edited)

Thank you for your engagement @o1o1o1o.

I completely agree, fibroids can and do go away by themselves at menopause, but usually this in the case of small fibroids only. Large fibroids very rarely go away by themselves, hence the number of fibroid related hysterectomies.

Moreover, please do not assume that the other three cases I mention were peri-menopausal or menopausal women.

I note your statistic about the effect of an iron supplement (effective in just 19% of the placebo test subject group) in the paper you cited, as well as the common reported side effects of headache, nausea, abdominal pain and hot flushes in using the drug Ulipristal for fibroid reduction (around 25% of women). Luckily 100% of my patients showed a reduction in symptoms from the treatment I offered, and 0% of my albeit small sample of patients complained of side effects or any 'serious adverse events'.

Your blanket disdain of the power of homeopathy aside (I encourage other readers to test the validity of your statement by a quick read of the many papers published by the Homeopathic Research Institute: https://www.hri-research.org/), it is clear that placebo does work for at least 19% of fibroid patients (around 12,000 women per annum in the UK) and this in itself is worth further investigation.

Whether the options offered to fibroid patients are iron supplements, homeopathy or another 'placebo', all are likely to be cheaper and less distressing to the patient than the looming threat of a hysterectomy.