Effect of Herbal Therapy to Intensity Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients
| Autor: | Ali Dadgari, Azam Hamidzadeh, Mehdi Raei, Atefeh Ghanbari, Akram Sadat Montazeri, Azam Sadat Montazeri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Traditional Persian Nausea Vomiting medicine.medical_treatment Herbal Therapy Ginger Internal medicine medicine Chemotherapy Cancer biology Traditional medicine business.industry Herbal therapy General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Kowsar medicine.symptom business Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 2074-1812 2074-1804 |
| Popis: | Background: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting are the most important complications for cancer patients as its prevalence has been reported to be about 54-96 percent. ginger has been used for medicinal purposes including nausea and vomiting in traditional Persian, Chinese and Indian pharmacopoeia. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of complimentary ginger among cancer patients experiencing nausea and vomiting. Material and Methods: A randomized cross-over clinical trial was carried out on patients under chemotherapy treatment for at least 2 episodes of chemotherapy and at least 2 episodes of previous experience of nausea and vomiting. Subjects of this study received 2 different complementary regimes with 250mg ginger capsule in regime A and placebo capsule in regime B. subjects of the study were crossed over to receive the other regime during the two cycles of chemotherapy. Results: Findings of the study indicated that subjects receiving ginger showed significant reduction in frequency and intensity of nausea and vomiting compared to placebo receiving subjects. Conclusions: According to finding of this study, in accordance to most of other researches, ginger is an effective agent to reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. However, there are some researches supporting ginger as a moderate antiemetic agent among cancerous patients under chemotherapy. |
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