Effect of Gelsemium 5CH and 15CH on anticipatory anxiety: A phase III, single-centre, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 751-760

  Paris, Adeline ^a   Schmidlin, Sophie ^a   Mouret, Sandrine ^a   Hodaj, Enkelejda ^a   Marijnen, Philippe ^b   Boujedaini, Naoual ^b   Polosan, Mircea ^a   Cracowski, Jean Luc ^a,c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoires BOIRON   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Anticipatory anxiety; Gelsemium; Healthy volunteers; Homeopathy; Stress; Stroop colour word test

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GELSEMIUM; HEART RATE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORNING DOSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STROOP TEST; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELSEMIUM; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867997799     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2011.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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