Use of Herbal Product in Complementary and Alternative Treatment in Patients with Hypertension

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (27) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Nurten Terkes ◽  
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Zeynep Ozer ◽  
Guldane Ayaz ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Herbal Product ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with inherited metabolic disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1091-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahin Erdol ◽  
Halil Saglam
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Disease ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Herbal Product ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Inherited Metabolic Disease ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Abstract Background There are no studies on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in subjects with inherited metabolic disease (IMD) in the current literature. This study aimed to determine the type, frequency of and reasons for the use, and factors associated with the use of CAM therapies. Methods Subjects included in this study consisted of 335 children (95.7%) and 15 (4.3%) adults with a median age of 5.66±6.16 (0.08–48) years with inherited metabolic disease. A single physician conducted face-to-face interviews with the mother and/or father for pediatric subjects and with the subjects themselves for adults of a normal intelligence. Data were obtained from responses to the questions in the standard survey form. Results Our study included 350 patients in total, of whom 164 (46.9%) were female and 186 (53.1%) male. We found that 144 of the patients (41.1%) had used at least one CAM therapy method. The highest rate of use among the CAM therapy methods was of the mind-body approach therapies (n=98, 28%). This was followed by biologically-based (n=75, 21.4%) and manipulative and body-based (n=5, 1.4%) therapies, respectively. The most commonly used herbal product was herbal tea (n=21, 6%), and the most commonly used dietary supplementation was a royal jelly and pollen mixture (n=9, 2.6%). Significant differences in the subjects’ age, their follow-up duration, their mother’s and father’s ages, and CAM therapy use were identified from sociodemographic data. Conclusions In our study, the use of CAM therapies was determined at a high rate. This is important when dealing with clinical problems and for clinicians who follow-up with IMD subjects and suspect they may be using CAM therapy.

scholarly journals Finished Herbal Product as an Alternative Treatment for Menopausal Symptoms in Climacteric Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1075-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Nein Lai ◽  
Jing-Shiang Hwang ◽  
Huey-Jeng Chen ◽  
Jung-Der Wang
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Herbal Product ◽  
Menopausal Symptoms

scholarly journals Systematic Assessment of the Quality of Research Studies of Conventional and Alternative Treatment(s) of Primary Headache State of the Data at the Mid-Point of the Decade of Pain Control and Research

2009 ◽  
Vol 2;12 (2;3) ◽  
pp. 461-470
Author(s):  
Cindy C. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Jadad Score ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Quality Of Research ◽  
Complementary And Alternative ◽  
Research Studies

Background: Diversity of treatments used for headache, and varied quality of research conduct and reporting make it difficult to accurately assess the literature and to determine the best treatment(s) for patients. Objectives: To compare the quality of available research evidence describing the effects and outcomes of conventional, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches to treating primary (migraine, tension, and/or cluster-type) headache. Study Design: A systematic review of quality of research studies of conventional and alternative treatment(s) of primary headache. Methods: Randomized, controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of treatment(s) of chronic primary headache (in English between 1979 to June 2004) were searched through MEDLINE, PsycInfo, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and the NIH databases. Studies were evaluated using standard approaches for assessing and analyzing quality indicators. Results: 125 studies of conventional, and 121 CAM treatments met inclusion criteria. 80% of studies of conventional treatment(s) reported positive effects (P<0.05), versus 73% of studies of CAM approaches (chi2 = 3.798, 1 df, p=0.051). Overall, the literature addressing the treatment of primary headache received a mean Jadad score of 2.72 out of 5 (SD 1.1). The mean Jadad score for studies of conventional therapeutics was significantly better than for those studies of CAM approaches: 3.21 ± 0.9 vs 2.23 ± 1.1 (t=7.72, 246 df, mean difference 0.98, p < 0.0005). Conclusions: Studies of conventional treatments scored higher on reporting quality than studies of CAM approaches. It is possible that these differences may reflect distinctions in 1) methodologic integrity, 2) therapeutic paradigm(s), and/or 3) bias(es) in the approach(es) used to evaluate certain types of therapies. Each of these possibilities — and the implications — is addressed and considered. Key words: chronic headache, complementary and alternative medicine, research quality, randomized controlled trial, Jadad scores

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