Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Herbal Medicines Combined with Chemical Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Year: 2022
Type: report
Abstract: Review question / Objective: It is a common practice to apply Chinese herbal medicine with chemical drugs like donepezil to treat Alzheimer's disease in China. Therefore, the aim of this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials is to evaluate whether this combination is more effective and safer than chemical drugs applied alone. Information sources: Literatures will be searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) (http://www.cnki.net/), Wanfang Database (http://www.wanfangdata.com.cn), and the Chinese Scientific Journals Full-Text Database (VIP) (http://www.cqvip.com/) in Chinese, in the Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE) in Japanese and English, and in PubMed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) and Web of Science (http://apps.webofknowledge.com) in English.
Authors: Li Xu, Wenjun Chen, Caijun Tian, Yan Zhang, Yan Ma, Tianhao Li, Zhe Zhang, Hongjie Liu
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4289523538