Sinomenine versus NSAIDs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1423-1429

  Xu, Min ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Qi, Chen ^a   Deng, Bin ^a   Cai, Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Meta analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sinomenine; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAPROZIN; SINOMENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOTALIN;

ARTICLE; CAULIS SINOMENII; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HERB; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPETENCE; KIDNEY INJURY; LETHARGY; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN REDNESS; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TETTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MORPHINANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249103265     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081346     Document Type: Article

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