Experiment 1226554
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Piper methysticum (PIPERACEAE) |
| Citation | KINZLER,E: KROMER,J: LEHMANN,E:. (1991). CLINICAL EFFICACY OF A KAVA EXTRACT IN PATIENTS WITH ANXIETY SYNDROME/DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDY OVER 4 WEEKS.. 41(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY, TWO GROUPS EACH CONTAINING 29 PATIENTS WITH ANXIETY SYNDROME NOT CAUSED BY PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS, WERE TREATED WITH A KAVA EXTRACT (LAITAN) FOR A PERIOD OF 4 WEEKS (100 MG/3TIMES DAILY) OR A PLACEBO PREPARATION. THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY WAS ASSESSED BY THE HAMILTON-ANXIETY SCALE (MAIN TARGET VARIABLE), THE ADJECTIVES LIST AND THE CLINICAL-GLOBAL-IMPRESSION-SCALE(SECONDARY TARGET VARIABLES)AFTER 1,2 AND 4 WEEKS OF TREATMENT. THE HAMA OVERALL SCORE OF ANXIETY SYMPTOMATOLOGY REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE DRUG RECEIVING GROUP ALREADY AFTER ONE WEEK OF TREATMENT. NO ADVERSE EXPERIENCES CAUSED BY THE DRUG WERE NOTED DURING THE FOUR WEEK ADMINISTRATION. |
| Dose amount | 100.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |