title: [Clinical comparative observation on duodongning and Ritalin in treating child hyperkinetic syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect and side-effect of Duodongining (DDN), a Chinese herbal preparation, in treating child hyperkinetic syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Double blind method was used in observation on effect of DDN and compared with that of Ritalin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 37 patients treated with DDN, 17 (45.9%) were markedly effective and 16 (43.2%) were effective. In the 33 Patients treated with Ritalin, the respective case numbers were 15 (45.5%) and 14 (42.4%). The Conners Hyperactive Index of the DDN group before treatment was 2.01 +/- 0.83, and after treatment 1.17 +/- 0.76, while that of the Ritalin group was 2.07 +/- 0.91 before treatment and 1.47 +/- 0.79 respectively after treatment. There were no significant difference between the two groups both in effect and in Conner Index, P > 0.05. The main side-effect was lack of appetite, it revealed in 3 cases of the DDN group and 7 cases of the Ritalin group, and was severer in the latter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of DDN and Ritalin were not different significantly, but the side-effect of Ritalin was severer than that of DDN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Mental Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Medical University, Changsha (410011).
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008774:Methylphenidate