Treating Climacteric Symptoms With a Complex Homeopathic Remedy

Launched by HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY · Sep 8, 2005

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ClinConnect Summary

Complementary treatments for climacteric symptoms are used by many women although their efficacy and safety is mostly unproven.

The use of the complex homeopathic remedy Ovaria comp. for the relief of climacteric symptoms will be examined in this three-armed intervention trial and measured with the menopause rating scale II before and after each study phase of 12 weeks. Participants will receive the verum during two treatment phases of 12 weeks and the placebo during one treatment phase of 12 weeks in different sequences and are stratified for post- and perimenopausal status.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Climacteric symptoms\>=3 Points in Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) II
• • Communication possible
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Hormone replacement therapy within 2 weeks prior to study inclusion
• • Other complementary treatments 7 days before and during the study
• • Climacteric symptoms caused by operation, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy of cancer
• • Allergy to components of the remedy, especially bee poison