YANG Minghui, LI Min, DOU Yongqi, et al. Effects of Bushen Huoxue Granules on Level of Dopamine in Parkinson’s Disease Patients[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(4): 299-302.
YANG Minghui, LI Min, DOU Yongqi, et al. Effects of Bushen Huoxue Granules on Level of Dopamine in Parkinson’s Disease Patients[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(4): 299-302.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2011.04.006.
Objective To study the effect of Bushen Huoxue Granule(Granule for reinforcing kidney and activating blood)on dopamine(DA)in Parkinson’s patients.Methods In the double-blinded clinical trial
sixty patients were randomized into two groups with 30 in each.The treatment group was treated with Bushen Huoxue Granule and the control group was with placebo
twice a day.Both groups were taking western medicine as basic treatment.The observation was carried out for 3 months.The follow-up was of 6 months after the treatment cause.Using encephalofluctuography(EFG)to measure the changes of DA in both groups at baseline time
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6 and 9 months later to evaluate the effect of Bushen Huoxue Granule.Results In the control group
DA level decreased gradually after the treatment for 9 months
but there was no statistical difference(P>0.05).In the treatment group
DA level increased in the treatment observation period and follow-up with statistical difference(P<0.05).Conclusion The level of DA has being reduced along with the progress of PD.Bushen Huoxue Granule can increase the level of DA in the brain of PD patients with reliable effect.