Evidence for the Efficacy of a Bioresonance Method in Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study


Pihtili A., GALLE M., ÇUHADAROĞLU Ç., Kilicaslan Z., Issever H., Erkan F., ...More

FORSCHENDE KOMPLEMENTARMEDIZIN, vol.21, no.4, pp.239-245, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000365742
  • Journal Name: FORSCHENDE KOMPLEMENTARMEDIZIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.239-245
  • Keywords: Bioresonance therapy, Double-blind, MORA therapy, Placebo therapy, Smoking cessation, RECEPTOR PARTIAL AGONIST, ELECTRONIC-HOMEOPATHIC COPIES, SUSTAINED-RELEASE BUPROPION, PLACEBO, VARENICLINE, THERAPY, NOSODES
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Since the 1970s, MORA bioresonance therapy has globally been applied in the context of complementary medicine for various indications. In this regard, practitioners also report successful application in smoking cessation. The present study aims to verify these reports in a controlled study setting. Methods: In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, we subjected the bioresonance method to a prospective, placebocontrolled, double-blind, parallel-group study involving 190 smokers. In both study groups (placebo n = 95; active bioresonance group; n = 95) the course of treatment and study conditions were standardized. Results: 1 week (77.2% vs. 54.8%), 2 weeks (62.4% vs. 34.4%), 1 month (51.1% vs. 28.6%), and 1 year (28.6% vs. 16.1%) after treatment, the success rate in the verum group differed significantly from the results in the placebo group. Also, the subjective health condition after treatment and subjective assessment of efficacy, polled after 1 week, were significantly more positive among participants in the active bioresonance therapy group than among those in the placebo group. Adverse side effects were not observed. Conclusion: According to the findings attained by this pilot study, bioresonance therapy is clinically effective in smoking cessation and does not show any adverse side effects.