Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

Debadatta Nayak; Karanpreet Nahar; Rupali Bhalerao; Lovepreet Kaur; Tabassum Parveen; Ruchika Bhalla; James Michael; Swati Sharma; Parul Singh; Afsana Jainab; Hanuman Ram; Abhishek Chaudhuri; Ummesalma Parvin; Nidhi Jain; Anil Khurana

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1745755

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Homeopathy 2022; 111(04): 261-270
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1745755

Original Research Article

Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

Debadatta Nayak

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Karanpreet Nahar

²Department of Clinical Research, Dr. D.P Rastogi Central Research Institute of Homoeopathy, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Rupali Bhalerao

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Lovepreet Kaur

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Tabassum Parveen

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Ruchika Bhalla

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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James Michael

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Swati Sharma

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Parul Singh

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Afsana Jainab

³Department of Clinical Research, State Homoeopathic Dispensary, Pataria, Patwai PHC, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Hanuman Ram

⁴Department of Materia Medica, Madhav Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Madhav Hills, Rajasthan, India

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Abhishek Chaudhuri

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Ummesalma Parvin

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Nidhi Jain

¹Department of Epidemic Cell, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

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Anil Khurana

⁵Department of Clinical Research, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Objective This work was undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C against COVID-19.

Design The work was designed as a prospective parallel cluster cohort study.

Intervention Participants were enrolled in a homeopathy intervention (HI) cohort (who received Arsenicum album) or in a non-intervention (NI) cohort (who received no systematic intervention) from COVID-19 containment areas of Delhi. Individuals of age 5 years or above were given four medicated pills of Arsenicum album 30C, while those from 1 to 5 years old were given two medicated pills in each dose.

Results The analysis included 10,180 individuals residing in 11 COVID-19 containment areas in Delhi, out of which 6,590 individuals were in the HI cohort and 3,590 individuals were in the NI cohort. The overall protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C was 83.43% (95% confidence interval [CI], 76.77 to 88.17): 45 cases per 6,590 (8.34 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the Arsenicum album 30C group versus 143 cases per 3,590 (45.01 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the NI cohort. The protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C against laboratory confirmed COVID-19 was 74.40% (95% CI, 55.08 to 85.41): 18 cases per 6,590 (3.32 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the Arsenicum album 30C group versus 38 cases per 3,590 (11.85 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the NI cohort.

Conclusion The use of Arsenicum album 30C was associated with some protection against probable and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in a containment-zone setting. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm or refute these results.

Keywords

Arsenicum album - COVID-19 - homeopathy - prophylactic

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