Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathy in Treatment-Resistant Depression.

Treatment-resistant major depression (TRD), defined as an insufficient response to at least two antidepressant treatments, is usually treated with antidepressants, psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, and vagus nerve stimulation or combinations of these. However, the response rate is modest and, on many occasions, insufficient or nonexistent. Here, we describe the case of a 19-year-old woman with a history of TRD, treated for depression since the age of five years. Her symptoms were resistant to fluoxetine, escitalopram, atomoxetine, and psychotherapy. Individualized homeopathic treatment with Staphisagria, Nux vomica, Arsenicum album, and Lachesis trigonocephalus was started. Posology was carried out in 200CH dynamizations. Treatment was prescribed for four months. This led to an immediate improvement in mood and a sustained and gradual reduction of depressive symptoms and, consequently, a reduction and then cessation of medication with antidepressants and psychotherapy. At follow-up eight months later, the patient is free of depression and medication. This case study reconfirms the usefulness of homeopathy in the treatment of depression. It also suggests that individualized homeopathic treatment may be useful in cases of treatment-resistant depression.

Sindrome nefrotico y su tratamiento homeopatico: (reporte de un caso clinico) / nephrotic syndrome and homeopathic treatment

El sindrome nefrotica se da por el aumento de permeabilidad de la pared capilar glomerular con proteinuria masiva, dando inico a la cadena de aconteciemientos que se manifiestam por albuminuria, hipoalbuminemia y dema. En los adultos el predominio de la glomerulopatia membanosa es en el sexo masculino, en el 80 (por cento) de los se inician con un sindrome nefrotico completo. A continuacion presentamos el caso de un paciente masculino de 75 anos de edad que inicia el 14 de abril 1998 con cuadro de edema... (AU)

Sindrome nefrotico y su tratamiento homeopatico: (reporte de un caso clinico) / nephrotic syndrome and homeopathic treatment

El sindrome nefrotica se da por el aumento de permeabilidad de la pared capilar glomerular con proteinuria masiva, dando inico a la cadena de aconteciemientos que se manifiestam por albuminuria, hipoalbuminemia y dema. En los adultos el predominio de la glomerulopatia membanosa es en el sexo masculino, en el 80 (por cento) de los se inician con un sindrome nefrotico completo. A continuacion presentamos el caso de un paciente masculino de 75 anos de edad que inicia el 14 de abril 1998 con cuadro de edema...