Experiment 69610
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Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Petasites hybridus (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | DIENER,HC: RAHLFS,VW: DANESCH,U:. (2004). THE FIRST PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A SPECIAL BUTTERBUR ROOT EXTRACT FOR THE PREVENTION OF MIGRAINE: REANALYSIS OF EFFICACY CRITERIA.. 51(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | WITH TWO CAPSULES 25 MG BUTTERBUR TWICE A DAY AND 27 TO PLACEBO. THE MEAN ATTACK FREQUENCY PER MONTH DECREASED FROM 3.4 AT BASELINE TO 1.8 AFTER 3 MONTHS(P=0.0024) IN THE TREATMENT GROUP AND FROM 2.9 TO 2.6 IN THE PLACEBO GROUP.THE RESPONDER A RENALYSIS OF RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PARALLEL-GROUP STUDY ON THE EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF A SPECIAL BUTTERBUR ROOT EXTRACT FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS OF MIGRAINE. FOLLOWING A 4 WK BASELINE PHASE, 33 PATIENTS WERE RANDOMIZED TO TREATMENT RATE (IMPROVMENT OF MIGRAINE FREQUENCY >OR=50%) WAS 45% IN THE VERUM GROUP AND 15% IN THE PLACEBO GROUP. BUTTERBUR WAS WELL TOLERATED. THIS SMALL TRIAL INDICATES THAT BUTTERBUR MAY BE EFFECTIVE IN THE PROPHYLAXIS OF MIGRAINE. |
| Dose amount | 75.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CO2 EXTRACT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |