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KMID : 1234920210210020095
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2021 Volume.21 No. 2 p.95 ~ p.104
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Analysis of Safety of Mahuang in Studies for Treatment of Obesity
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Cho Min-Jin
Kim Sung-Ha
Kim Ho-Jun
Song Mi-Young
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the adverse events and safety of Mahuang used as anti-obesity treatment in Korean medicine.
Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, KoreaMed, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS) and SCIENCE-ON were used as searching for randomized controlled trials investigating the safety of Mahuang for treating obesity from January, 2000 to July, 2021.
Results: Total 6 studies were included for analyzing. In most studies, heart rate was higher in experimental group than in placebo group with statistically significant difference.
Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure had no significant differences between both groups, but systolic blood pressure got lower in experimental group. Most adverse events reported in experimental group were dry mouth, constipation, diarrhea, palpitation and insomnia, but serious adverse events were not reported.
Conclusions: This study provides the evidence about the safety of Mahuang for treating obesity. However, increase of heart rate and minor adverse events could be occurred. Further study is needed to confirm the safety of Mahuang.
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KEYWORD
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Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Ephedra sinica, Safet
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