Title: Observation of the effects of methotrexate and Huobahua-Gen on rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract:Objective:To study the effects of drug treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) . Methods: We compared the degree of the morning stiffness and the number of swelling and aching joints and the change of ...Objective:To study the effects of drug treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) . Methods: We compared the degree of the morning stiffness and the number of swelling and aching joints and the change of ESR, CRP and RF in RA patients between group A treated with small dose methotrexate (MTX) and Huobahua-gen and group B with Huobahua-gen alone. We also observed these changes in all patients between pre-treatment and post-treatment. Results: Compared with the patients in pre-treatment, the clinical situation and experiment findings were much ameliorated after treatment in the two groups (P0.01). Clinical observation manifested that clinical remission rate and efficient rate reached to 25% and 45% in group A, which were much higher than those in group B (5.7% and 17.1%) (P0.01). After therapy for 3 months, a significant difference of the clinical manifestations and experiment findings were found between group A and group B (P0.01). Conclusion: The amelioration effect of all kinds of clinical manifestations and experiment findings in RA were improved much better after therapy with micro dose MTX and Huobahua-Gen than those treated with Huobahua-gen alone, and there were little adverse effects.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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