Is TCM better than Tamiflu to prevent H1N1?
Posted on October 18, 2009
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From here, at the “influenza pandemic response and preparation for the International Scientific Seminar” was informed that: traditional Chinese medicine treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza have been progress in research, patents, innovation in traditional Chinese medicine with flowers Qingwen clinical efficacy superior to Tamiflu capsule.
Chinese Military Academy of Medical Sciences and Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Ditan Hospital, said a report released at the seminar: the drug of Influenza H1N1 influenza virus has a clear antagonistic effect, more effective than Tamiflu. Clinical trials show that even spent Qingwen capsules of Tamiflu, the virus nucleic acid clearance time and equivalent to an average of fever was shorter than Tamiflu and Tamiflu is only one-eighth the cost of treatment.
Of Military Medical Sciences Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, administered in three different ways, were determined therapeutic index, the results show that even spent Qingwen the therapeutic index is higher than about twice as Tamiflu.
SATCM Influenza A H1N1 influenza prevention and treatment expert committee member of Beijing Ditan Hospital Zhong Xi Yi Jie Wang Yuguang, deputy director of the reports provided that the hospital selected 66 cases of Influenza A H1N1 influenza patients, respectively, the use of even the Flower Qingwen Capsule Duffy randomized clinical trial with the results showed that: the former average length of stay 4.35 days, Tamiflu group 4.6 days; former is the average time of 2:01 fever for three days, Tamiflu for 2.8 zero-day, statistical significant difference. To improve the sore throat, cough, sputum and other symptoms were significantly better than the Tamiflu group.
Earlier, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease in Guangzhou, China Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Animal Influenza and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a number of institutional research confirmed: the drug has a good broad-spectrum antiviral activity against influenza, poultry influenza, SARS virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, herpes simplex virus, EV71 virus have a stronger role in the inhibition to kill.
Experts say that, compared to antiviral drugs, traditional Chinese medicine with the characteristics of the overall regulation of multi-targets can not only antipyretic anti-inflammatory anti-virus, but also has increased the role of human immune function, antiviral treatment of fever than a single anti-inflammatory, reducing the upper respiratory tract symptoms of an edge, should promote Chinese medicine and infectious diseases prevention and control of influenza.
It is understood that in order to range from the production of pharmaceutical research and development with the state flower of Qingwen capsule technology demonstration projects, state-level key new products, won the 2008 annual Chinese Medical Association first prize of science and technology. In 2005 by the National Ministry of Health, included in the “human bird flu clinic program” recommend medication treatment of human bird flu this year, included in the “people are infected with influenza A H1N1 flu clinic program” Treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza drugs recommended.
By the Chinese Ministry of Health, WHO and the international medical journal “Lancet” common speech, entitled “Influenza A H1N1 influenza response and preparedness International Scientific Symposium”, will H1N1, H5N1 and seasonal influenza pandemic, public health policy, treatment, prevention methods and vaccine development, such as a two-day seminar.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the opening ceremony to the Chinese and foreign experts attending the Chinese government’s response to influenza A H1N1 influenza strategy and measures.
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