Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis Using Betahistine Dihydrochloride

Autor:	Berna Terzioglu, Osman Ekinci, Mehmet Kerem Canbora, Tolga Muftuoglu, Atilla Polat, Mücahit Görgeç
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Adult patients Visual analogue scale business.industry Epicondylitis Ethics committee Mean age medicine.disease law.invention Surgery Rheumatology Randomized controlled trial law medicine Tennis elbow business Betahistine dihydrochloride
Zdroj:	Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain. 19:201-206
ISSN:	1540-7012 1058-2452
Popis:	ObjectivesLateral epicondylitis is a commonly encountered problem. Disruption of microcirculation is hypothesized in the pathophysiology of lateral epicondylitis. Betahistine dihydrochloride [BHD] is used in our study for its microcirculation increasing activity.MethodsAfter hospital ethics committee approval and getting written informed consent from patients, adult patients with lateral epicondylitis were recruited in this randomized study. One group received 48 mg/day BHD for 10 days. The control group received 750 mg/day naproxen sodium [NS] for 10 days. Visual Analog Scale [VAS] and Verhaar criteria were evaluated before and after treatment.ResultsFifty-five patients [41 females, 14 males], mean age 40 years [21–63 years] participated. The VAS before treatment was not significantly different between groups. In the NS group, mean VAS after the 10th day, third month, and sixth month were found to be significantly higher than that of the BHD group [P = 0.0001]. Verhaar criteria after the 10th day of trea...
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