Efficacy of Zhongjiefeng dispersible tablets combined with ranitidine in the treatment of recurrent oral ulcer and its effect on inflammatory factors

Ning WANG; Zhifeng DING

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To investigate the efficacy of Zhongjiefeng dispersible tablets combined with ranitidine in the treatment of recurrent oral ulcer and its effec on inflammatory factors.

Methods:

Eighty-six patients who received recurrent oral ulcer in Yiwu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2019 to January 2020 were included in this study. They were randomly assigned to receive treatment with either ranitidine (control group, n = 43) or Zhongjiefeng dispersible tablets combined with ranitidine (observation group, n = 43) for 4 weeks. Before and after treatment, visual analogue scale score and inflammatory factor were compared between the control and observation groups. Change in main symptom score after treatment relative to before treatment and the curative effect were also compared between the two groups.

Results:

After treatment, the visual analogue scale score in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group [(1.32 ± 0.37) vs. (3.06 ± 0.54), t = 17.430, P < 0.05]. After treatment, serum interleukin-2 [(16.42 ± 3.18) μg/L], interleukin-6 [(6.56 ± 1.28) ng/L], tumor necrosis factor-α [(7.69 ± 1.34) μg/L] levels in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group [(25.97 ± 5.24) μg/L, (9.84 ± 1.62) ng/L and (11.86 ± 1.83) μg/L, t = 10.217, 10.4617 and 12.056, all P < 0.05]. After treatment, ulcer area score [(0.76 ± 0.14) points] and ulcer number score [(0.68 ± 0.19) points] in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group [(1.21 ± 0.20) points and (1.24 ± 0.30) points, t = 12.087, 10.341, both P < 0.05]. Total effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [93.02% (40/43) vs. 72.09% (31/43), χ 2 = 6.541, P < 0.05].

Conclusion:

Zhongjiefeng dispersible tablets combined with ranitidine exhibits obvious curative effect on recurrent oral ulcer in patients through reducing pain and inflammatory reaction.