Evidence for the efficacy of complementary and alternative medicines in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1672-1683

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   El Metwally, Ashraf ^a   De Silva, Vijitha ^a,b   Ernst, Edzard ^c   Dowds, Gillian L ^a,d   Moots, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Efficacy; Randomized controlled trials; Rheumatoid arthritis; Safety; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BLACKCURRANT SEED OIL; BORAGE OIL; CANNABIS; CELECOXIB; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; ELK VELVET ANTLER; FOLIC ACID; GREEN LIPPED MUSSEL EXTRACT; LINSEED OIL; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE OIL; PYRIDOXINE; ROSA CANINA EXTRACT; SALICIN; SALIX DAPHNOIDES EXTRACT; SELENIUM; SKI 306X; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; THUNDER GOD VINE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEADACHE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; JADAD SCORE; LINSEED; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSSEL; NAUSEA; PERNA CANALICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROSA CANINA; SALIX DAPHNOIDES; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPTERYGIUM;

EID: 80051921148     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker119     Document Type: Article

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