Title: Effects of Tongbi granules combined with methotrexate on IL-6 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract:Objective To investigate the effects of combined Tongbi granules(TBG) and methotrexate(MTX) on IL-6 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods 60 patients with RA were randomly divided into the...Objective To investigate the effects of combined Tongbi granules(TBG) and methotrexate(MTX) on IL-6 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods 60 patients with RA were randomly divided into the test group treated with TBG and MTX,and the control group with only MTX;the changes of IL-6 in two groups before and after three months were observed.Results The effectual rate in test group(43.3%) to reduce the index levels of blood IL-6 was remarkably better than that in control group(26.7%)(P0.05).Conclusion The troatment combined TBG and MTX is effective to reduce the level of serum IL-6,which is an effective therapy for RA.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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