Experiment 639120
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | PYE,JK: MANSEL,RE: HUGHES,LE:. (1985). CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF DRUG TREATMENTS FOR MASTALGIA.. 1985() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RESULTS OF RANDOMISED TRIALS AND OPEN STUDIES IN 291 PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT BREAST PAIN IN WHOM CANCER HAD BEEN EXCLUDED SHOWED THAT DRUG THERAPY PRODUCED A GOOD USEFUL RESULT IN 77% OF THOSE WITH CYCLICAL MASTALGIA AND 44% OF THOSE WITH NON-CYCLICAL MASTALGIA. IN PATIENTS WITH CYCLICAL MASTALGIA GOOD OR USEFUL RESPONSES WERE OBTAINED WITH DANAZOL IN 70%, WITH BROMOCRIPTINE IN 47%, AND WITH EVENING-PRIMROSE OIL IN 45%. THE EQUIVALENT RESPONSE RATES IN PATIENTS WITH NON CYCLICAL MASTALGIA WERE 31%, 20%, AND 27% RESPECTIVELY. PROGESTAGENS WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN EITHER GROUP. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO ONE DRUG DID NOT PRECLUDE RESPONSE TO A DIFFERENT DRUG. |
| Dose amount | 3.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |