Herbal medicines for osteoarthritis

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-12

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ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DICLOFENAC; FISH OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; METHOTREXATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PIASCLEDINE; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROBENECID; ROSA CANINA EXTRACT; SALICYLIC ACID; SALIX ALBA EXTRACT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGING; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOCADO; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGER; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEARTBURN; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HEREDITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; JOINT INJURY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MISALIGNMENT; JOINT OVERUSE; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH IRRITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REYE SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ROSA CANINA; SALIX ALBA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMNOLENCE; STOMACH ULCER; TABLET; TACHYCARDIA; TEA; TINCTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICA DIOICA; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857606945     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: 17555248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2011.02.0081     Document Type: Article

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