Mark Crislip, a practicing infectious disease specialist, examined the claims that bee venom can treatarthritis. He was unable to "find a clean, i.e., a non-TCPM based, randomized,placebo-controlled study of bee venom in humans for the treatment [of] arthritis."[9]
Bee venom is also considered ineffective for the treatment or prevention ofcancer, with no clinical studies to date supporting such effects.[10] According to theAmerican Cancer Society, there is noscientific evidence that apitherapy or bee venom therapy can treat or change the course of cancer or any other disease.[11]Clinical trials have shown that apitherapy is ineffective in treatingmultiple sclerosis or any other disease, and can exacerbate multiple sclerosis symptoms.[12]
^"Adolapin". Comparative Toxicogenomics Database, MDI Biological Laboratory and North Carolina State University. 24 August 2017. Retrieved24 September 2017.
^Russell J; Rovere A, eds. (2009). "Apitherapy".American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies (2nd ed.).American Cancer Society. pp. 704–708.ISBN9780944235713.practitioners claim ... bee venom can be used to treat various diseases, including several types of arthritis; neurological problems such as multiple sclerosis, lower back pain and migraine headaches; and skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and herpes.
