Experiment 68543
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tanacetum vulgare (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | PITTLER,MH: VOGLER,BK: ERNST,E:. (2002). FEVERFEW FOR PREVENTING MIGRAINE.. 1() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TO SYSTEMATICALLY REVIEW THE EVIDENCE FOR OR AGAINST THE EFFICACY OF FEVERFEW VERSUS PLACEBO FOR THE PREVENTION OF MIGRAINE. RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIALS ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF FEVERFEW FOR PREVENTING MIGRAINE WERE INCLUDED, NO RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION WERE IMPOSED. FOUR TRIALS MET THE INCLUSION CRITERIA. THE MAJORITY OF THESE TRIALS SUGGESTED BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF FEVERFEW COMPARED WITH PLACEBO. HOWEVER, THE TRIAL WITH THE HIGHEST METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY, WHICH WAS ALSO AMONG THE LARGEST, FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEVERFEW AND PLACEBO. THE EFFICACY OF FEVERFEW FOR THE PREVENTION OF MIGRAINE HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |