Title: Treatment of subacute thyroiditis with modified Chaihuniubang Decoction
Abstract:Objective To investigate the curative effect and safety of modified Chaihuniubang Decoction for treating subacute thyroiditis.Method All patients(n=150) with subacute thyroiditis were randomly divided...Objective To investigate the curative effect and safety of modified Chaihuniubang Decoction for treating subacute thyroiditis.Method All patients(n=150) with subacute thyroiditis were randomly divided into the treatment group treated with modified Chaihuniubang Decoction(n=100) and the control group treated with Ibuprofen Capsules(n=50).Two groups were observed for 8 weeks and followed up for 3 months after the treatment stopped.The time for relieving symptoms and signs,curative effects,treatment course,safety and incidence rate and recurrent rate of hypothyroidism were compared in two groups.Result The effective rate of the treatment group was 100% and that of the control group,94%.There was a significant difference between two groups(P0.05).In the treatment group the time for relieving pain and swelling of thyroid gland was(7.14±0.13) days and(8.90±0.59) days respectively with a significant difference compared to the control group(P0.05).There was no significant difference in defervescence time between two groups(P0.05).The treatment course was(37.85±0.89) days in the treatment group and(47.33±1.35) days in the control group with a significant difference(P0.05).The result of follow-up showed that the incidence rate of hypothyroidism was 16% in the treatment group and 28% in the control group,and the treatment group had no recurrent case and the control group had 2 recurrent cases.The adverse reaction was not observed in the treatment group.Conclusion Modified Chaihuniubang Decoction has a good curative effect on subacute thyroiditis with a shorter treatment course,lower incidence rate and lower of recurrent rate of hypothyroidism,and without obvious adverse reaction.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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