Experiment 634058
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IM |
| Organism | Echinacea purpurea (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | BAETGEN,D:. (1984). SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF WHOPPING COUGH WITH ECHINACIN.. 34() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN ABOUT ON THIRD OF CASES THE DURATION OF P[ERTUSSIS MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE DAYS BY GIVING THREE REPEATED INJECTIONS OF ECHINACINE (2 ML/DAY IN CHILDREN, 1 ML/DAY IN INFANTS) ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS; THIS PROCEDURE IS PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL IN AN EARLY STAGE OF THE DISEASE. A COMBINATION OF ECHINACIN AND ANTIBIOTIC IS NOT EQUALLY EFFECTIVE BUT MAY BE SUPERIOR TO TREATMENT WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC ALONE. MORE-OVER, IT MUST BE OVERLOOKED THAT THE LATTER IS ONLY REQUIRED IN HIGH RISK CHILDREN, ALTHOUGH IT IS OFTEN CLAIMED TO BE NECESSARY WITH REGARD TO 'ELIMINATION OF BACTERIA" AND "PREVENTION OF COMPLICAITON". INJECTIONS OF ECHINACINE ARE TOLERATED WELL; TEMPERATURE RISES UP TO 39C ON THE DAY OF TREATMENT WERE ONLY SEEN IN ISOLATED CASES. ERYTHRMA AND LOCALIZED PAIN THE INJECTION SITE WERE OCCASIONALLY REPORTED. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, ECHINACIN, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 2.0 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |