Effect of Astragalus Injection as an Adjunctive Therapy on the Biology in Patients with Schizophrenia and Its Clinical Efficacy / 中国药房
China Pharmacy
;
(12)2001.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To observe the effect of Astragalus injection as an adjunctive therapy on the biology in patients with schizophrenia and its clinical efficacy.METHODS:
A total of 100 patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to trial group(n=50) or control group(n=50). The trial group received routine antipsychotic drugs plus Astragalus injection (40 mL?d-1, iv gtt) for 7 days, and the control group received antipsychotic drugs alone without addition of traditional Chinese medicine for 7 days. All the patients received for a total of 4 courses of treatment. Besides, both groups received additional benzodiazepine but not other hipnotics.RESULTS:
After treatment, there were significant differences between the trial group and the control group in ECG QTc duration, sugar level, therapeutic efficacy, PANSS scores (total score and the sub-item scores) and adverse reactions etc(P
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Pharmacy
Year:
2001
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Article
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