Treatment of acute bronchitis with a liquid herbal drug preparation from Pelargonium sidoides (EPs 7630): A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-331

  Matthys, Heinrich ^a,c   Heger, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DR WILLMAR SCHWABE GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c Lungs at Home ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Bronchitis symptom score; EPs 7630; Herbal medicine; Umckaloabo

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPS 7630; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; UMCKALOABO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELARGONIUM; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHITIS; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847404107     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X167318     Document Type: Article

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