Chinese Herbal Products for Ischemic Stroke
| Autor: | Sheng Feng Hsu, I-Ling Hung, Ying-Jung Tseng, Wen-Long Hu, Chun-En Kuo, Yu-Chiang Hung, Lin-Yi Wang, Tsai-Chung Li, Hsuan-Ju Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Databases Factual National Health Programs Alternative medicine Taiwan Salvia miltiorrhiza Logistic regression Medicine Humans Medical prescription Medicine Chinese Traditional Practice Patterns Physicians' Traditional medicine Descriptive statistics business.industry General Medicine Clinical trial Stroke Prescriptions Complementary and alternative medicine National health insurance Emergency medicine Ischemic stroke Female business Database research Drugs Chinese Herbal |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of Chinese medicine. 43(7) |
| ISSN: | 1793-6853 |
| Popis: | Traditional Chinese herbal products (CHPs) have been described in ancient medicine systems as treatments for various stroke-associated ailments. This study is aimed to investigate the prescription patterns and combinations of CHPs for ischemic stroke in Taiwan. Prescriptions of CHPs for ischemic stroke were obtained from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan. Every prescription with a leading diagnosis of ischemic stroke made during 2000–2010 was analyzed. Descriptive statistics were applied to the pattern of co-prescriptions. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess demographic and risk factors that are correlated with CHP use. The dataset of inpatient claims data contained information on 15,896 subjects who experienced ischemic stroke from 2000 to 2010. There was an average of 5.82 CHPs in a single prescription for subjects with ischemic stroke. Bu-yang-huan-wu-tang (BYHWT) (40.32%) was by far the most frequently prescribed formula CHP for ischemic stroke, and the most commonly used combination of two-formula-CHP was BYHWT with Shu-jin-huo-xue-tang (SJHXT) (4.40%). Dan Shen (16.50%) was the most commonly used single CHP for ischemic stroke, and the most commonly used combination of two single CHPs was Shi Chang Pua with Yuan Zhi (4.79%). We found that BYHWT and Dan Shen were the most frequently prescribed formula and single CHP for ischemic stroke, respectively. These results provide information about individualized therapy and may contribute to further pharmacologic experiments and clinical trials. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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