Experiment 66854
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Urtica dioica (URTICACEAE) |
| Citation | RANDALL,C: RANDALL,H: DOBBS,F: HUTTON,C: SANDERS,H:. (2000). RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF NETTLE STING FOR TREATMENT OF BASE-OF-THUMB PAIN.. 93(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED DOUBLE-BLIND CROSSOVER STUDY IN 27 PATIENTS WITH OESTEOARTHRITIC PAIN AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB OR INDEX FINGER. PATIENTS APPLIED STINGING NETTLE LEAF (URTICA DIOICA) DAILY FOR ONE WEEK TO THE PAINFUL AREA. THE EFFECT OF THIS TREATMENT WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF PLACEBO, WHITE DEADNETTLE LEAF(LAMIUM ALBUM), FOR ONE WEEK AFTER A FIVE-WEEK WASHOUT PERIOD. OBSERVATIONS OF PAIN AND DISABILITY WERE RECORDED FOR THE TWELVE WEEKS OF THE STUDY. AFTER ONE WEEK'S TREATMENT WITH NETTLE STING, SCORE REDUCTIONS ON BOTH VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE (PAIN) AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (DISABILITY) WERE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN WITH PLACEBO (P=0.026 AND P=0.0027). |
| Dose amount | FS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | LEAVES |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |