Efficacy and tolerance of Atrisin in Degenerative inflammatory joint disorders
Sohail MT Chudhary Usman MK, Mian.NIshaq
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Postgraduate medical institute service hospital Lahore Pakistan
Abstract.
In a randomized multi-centre clinical trial the efficacy and tolerance of a herbal product Artisan three capsules/day was evaluated in 65 patients (31 male, 34 female) suffering from osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, during a period of 2 months. Assessment of pain and functional disability were made on a 10 cm horizontal visual analogue scale. The severity of osteoarthritis was evaluated by Lequesne’ index .Spontaneous pain showed significant improvement. Similarly there was progressive and significant reduction in the Lequesne functional index. At the completion of the study patients taking Atrisin were using less NSAID. Atrisin was tolerated well by the patients and there were no adverse cardiovascular or gastric effects reported. There was feeling of general well-being and compliance by the patients.
PMID: 16041739 (PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.