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In France, where Oscillo has been used for more than 65 years, it is the first flu medicine recommended by pharmacists.
I would like to see the evidence of this. Even if it’s true, pharmacists are not doctors. Pharmacies are retail outlets that make money selling stuff (anything). Colds are not otherwise treatable, so why not sell something that at least does no harm.
It has a remarkable record of safety & can be recommended to patients over age 2 & those who are following other treatments or suffering from chronic conditions. Oscillo will not cause drug interactions or side effects.
Of course. Air will also not cause drug interactions, & smiles have remarkable safety records too.
Four clinical studies, including two which have been published in peer-reviewed journals, show that Oscillo reduces the severity & duration of flu-like symptoms such as feeling run down, headache, body aches, chills & fever.
Is that so? Sounds compelling to the layperson, doesn’t it? Let’s take a look at these four “clinical studies”. They provide no information at all about two of them, so we have no idea what these might have consisted of, who performed them, or what the results were. The third (Papp R, Schuback G, Beck E, et al. Oscillococcinum in patients with influenza-like syndromes: a placebo-controlled, double-blind evaluation. Br Homeopath J. 1998;87:69-76) was published in the British Homeopathic Journal. This is a publication dedicated to the promotion of homeopathy; by no conceivable argument can it be considered a scientific journal. It’s essentially a place for the marketers of homeopathic products to send their press releases in order to be able to say that their research is “published”. The fourth study (Ferley JP, Zmirou D, D’Adhemar D, Balducci F. A controlled evaluation of a homeopathic preparation in the treatment of influenza-like syndromes. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1989;27:329-335) is from the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, a legitimate journal. This study, which is 22 years old, is one of a minority of a few scattered studies that did find a small statistical improvement in symptoms among homeopathy users compared to a control group who took an identical placebo. It concluded “The result cannot be explained given our present state of knowledge, but it calls for further rigorously designed clinical studies.” Well, further rigorous studies of homeopathy have been performed in the intervening decades, dozens of them. Almost all (well-designed trials published in legitimate journals) show no value in homeopathy. There is always noise in the results of trials. You can’t just look at one; you have to look at many. Again, for Boiron to have cherrypicked this one study, & to have neglected to report the many others that contradict their desired result, which they would have had to dig past, shows conscious deception.
As with all Boiron homeopathic medicines, Oscillo complies with a well-established framework of guidelines, regulations, & quality standards enforced by the FDA through routine pharmaceutical manufacturing site inspections & surveillance on marketed products.
If this is true now, it certainly wasn’t as recently as 2009. Look at this warning letter Boiron received from the FDA for FAILING to comply with the law. The warning letter charges them with numerous violations, & shows that they attempted to capitalize on public fear of the H1N1 virus to sell their product, claiming it could treat it. It can’t.
If you’ve purchased Oscillococcum & feel that you were victimized by deceptive marketing, get your money back. This Boiron page will tell you how.
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