LI Song-wei, YANG Zhong-jie, SHAO Ming-yi, et al. Clinical Study on Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Fangxian Decoction[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(23): 227-230.
LI Song-wei, YANG Zhong-jie, SHAO Ming-yi, et al. Clinical Study on Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Fangxian Decoction[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(23): 227-230. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2011.23.009.
Clinical Study on Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Fangxian Decoction
Objective:To observe the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine Fangxian decoction(FX) on rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease.Method:Forty-five patients with rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease were randomLy divided into control group received prednisone and cyclophosphamide
and treatment group received FX
prednisone and cyclophosphamide orally for 3 months.The changes of symptoms
signs
erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR)
c-reactive protein(CRP)
rheumatoid factor(RF)
lung high resolution CT
lung function were observed.Result:After the treatment
symptoms
signs
erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR)
c-reactive protein(CRP)
rheumatoid factor(RF)
lung high resolution CT
lung function were improved compared with those before the treatment
while the effects of the treatment group were significantly better than the effects of the control group(P<0.05
or P<0.01).Conclusion: FX is obviously effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease with favorable safety.