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At present,the unrealistically high drug prices become an indisputable fact to cause the chaos in the medical field.They are the main reasons of "difficult and too expensive to see doctors".And they are deeply loathed by the people in the country.In addition,the unrealistically high drug prices have become the shackles in deepening medical and health reform.Therefore,a determined effort must be made to resolve the serious problems.Through analyzing the status of high drug prices,the main reasons of the unrealistically high drug prices,and the hazards of high drug prices,the article puts forward countermeasures of state monopoly in national essential drugs to solve the unrealistically high drug prices problems for structural reform of supply side.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare clinical efficacy difference between fire needle combined with narrow band ultraviolet-B (NB-UVB) and NB-UVB therapy for vitiligo.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-three cases of vitiligo were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 48) and a control group (n = 45). In the observation group, fire needle was applied to ashi points around the damaged skin and Zusanli (ST 36), meanwhile NB-UVB therapy irradiating the local area. The control group was treated by NB-UVB therapy. The clinical efficacy was evaluated after the treatment of 12 weeks.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 79.2% (38/48) in the observation group, which was superior to that 48.9% (22/45, P < 0.05) in the control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The fire needle combined with NB-UVB for vililigo achieves a more obvious efficacy than NB-UVB therapy.</p>
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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Acupuncture Therapy , Combined Modality Therapy , Treatment Outcome , Ultraviolet Therapy , Vitiligo , TherapeuticsABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for an effective therapy for neurodermatitis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-six cases were divided into 2 groups by random number table. The treatment group (n = 54) were treated by hot-red needle therapy combined with blood-letting puncturing and cupping at skin-injured area, and the control group (n = 42) were treated with external smearing of halometasone cream.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cured rate and the total effective rate were 51.9% and 96.3% in the treatment group, and 28.6% and 81.0% in the control group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Red-hot needle therapy combined with blood-letting puncture and cupping has a definite therapeutic effect on neurodermatitis, without toxic and adverse effects.</p>