Comparison of a Chinese herbal medicine (CCH1) and lactulose as first-line treatment of constipation in long-term care: A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, and placebo-controlled trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Huang, Chien Hsun ^a,b   Lin, Jui Shan ^b   Li, Tsai Chung ^b   Lee, Shih Chang ^b   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Lue, Hung Chi ^a   Su, Yi Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM CARMICHAELI EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PLACEBO; RHEUM TANGUTICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CELLULITIS; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HICCUP; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; PARALLEL DESIGN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 84859735962     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/923190     Document Type: Article

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