EPs 7630 improves acute bronchitic symptoms and shortens time to remission. Results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 686-692

  Matthys, Heinrich ^a   Funk, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Clinical trial; Cough; EPs 7630; Geraniaceae; Pelargonium sidoides; Pharmaco economic

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHITIS SYMPTOM SCORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PELARGONIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRONCHITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 45349096635     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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