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JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 72-75Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2156587211429351
Keywords
research; randomized controlled trials; complementary and alternative medicine
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Complementary and alternative medicine is criticized by some as lacking evidence to support the effectiveness of its methods and medicines. Such critics typically point to mixed results from using randomized controlled trials to test complementary and alternative medicine. Randomized controlled trials have been held to be the gold standard'' in pharmaceutical research, but a growing body of evidence in orthodox journals has identified their limitations. Here, 5 fundamental flaws in the randomized controlled trial-based model are discussed as well as the impact on its relevance for testing complementary and alternative medicine therapies. A better way to evaluate complementary and alternative medicine therapies is also proposed. A 7-item checklist is suggested to quantify the strength of an area of complementary and alternative medicine research.
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