Category: Health Food
Label: Dietary Supplement
Off label Claims: for the treatment of muscle pain, lower back pain, may
give relief for pain caused by osteoarthritis
A
clinical study was carried out to compare the
efficacy and side effects between the 50 per
cent ethanol extract of Derris scandens (Roxb.)
Benth and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
Diclofenac for the treatment of two groups of
patients with lower back pain. A group of 37
patients received a 200 mg-capsule of Derris scandens
extract orally three times a day for seven days
and the other group of 33 patients received the
25 mg Diclofenac tablet orally three times a day
for seven days. The results show only the
finding of a significant decrease in white blood
cell count within the normal range on day 7
among patients in the D.scandens-treated group,
while there was not even the slightest change
in the Diclofenac-treated group ; patients in both
groups experienced no side effects from the
treatment. The efficacy of treatment, the levels
of pain, as measured by the Visual Analog Scale,
in both groups were significantly lower on days 3
and 7 as compared with pretreatment baseline
levels, and the results of pain alleviation were
not different significantly between the two
treatment groups. The study concluded that the
benefit of treatment of patients with low back
pain with the 50 per cent ethanol extract of
D.scandens at a dose of 600 mg/ day and with
Diclofenac at a dose of 75 mg/ day for seven
days were comparable.
