Effect of Rikkunshi-to on appetite loss found in elderly dementia patients: A preliminary study

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Utumi, Yushi ^a,c   Iseki, Eizo ^b,c   Murayama, Norio ^b   Nozawa, Motohiro ^b,c   Kumagai, Ryo ^b,c   Matsubara, Youichiro ^b,c   Ichimiya, Yosuke ^b,c   Arai, Heii ^c  

^a Juntendo University Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO TOKYO KOTO GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appetite loss; Elderly dementia patient; Ghrelin; Rikkunshi to; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; KAMPO; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; QUETIAPINE; RIKKUNSHI TO; SULPIRIDE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 79953142337     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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