Swine flu remedy warning
0 Comments | Nottingham Evening Post, Nov 5, 2009
A NOTTINGHAM firm is producing its own homeopathic remedy to treat patients with swine flu.
In Vivo Health, in New Basford, says the naturally-produced remedy can be taken by mouth as an alternative to being immunised – but a top city GP says there is no evidence the product will work.
In Vivo is run by Russian-born consultant Alla Cranham, who says the treatment can prevent and cure the H1N1 virus.
She said: “The serum is very diluted – but this doesn’t change its effectiveness. Like all homeopathic remedies, it is very gentle and easily absorbed by the body.”
GP Ian Trimble, chairman of Nottingham’s Professional Executive Committee, said he would “discourage” patients from using such remedies for swine flu. He said: “There is no significant evidence that they work. “If they have this and depend on it to protect them, there is the risk they may suffer the consequences.
That would be the conventional advice we would give as GPs.”
The homeopathic remedy is produced by creating a diluted version of an existing flu strain.