Looking under every rock: Duchenne muscular dystrophy and traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been advocated to alleviate symptoms in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. To investigate this hypothesis, a pilot study was carried out in Beijing on 10 DMD boys treated with various regimens, including pills, decoctions, massages and acupuncture at various stages of their disease course. Despite the limited scientific impact of such a study, it seems as if the benefit, if any, is minimal. Moreover, some indirect clinical clues such as the cushingoid appearance found in a few patients suggest these drugs may also contain corticosteroids to some extent.
Urtizberea
J Andoni
JA
Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, Université Versailles-, St Quentin, France. ja.urtizberea@wanadoo.fr
Fan
Qi Shi
QS
Vroom
Elizabeth
E
Récan
Dominique
D
Kaplan
Jean Claude
JC
D026881:Acupuncture; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal