[Effects of Migu Tablet on bone mineral density, serum levels of osteoprotegerin and its ligand and bone metabolic markers in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study the effects of Migu Tablet (MGT) on bone mineral density (BMD), serum levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and its ligand (OPGL), and bone metabolic markers in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).

METHODS:

BMD in 192 women of natural menopause, 48 to 65 years old, were determined. Among them, 160 women with PMO were randomized into 4 groups, 54 in the Migu Tablet group (MGTG), 53 in the Xianlin Gubao group (XLGBG) and 53 in the Leli Calcium group (LCG). And the other 32 women with BMD in normal range were set as the control group. Serum levels of OPG, OPGL, bone alkaline phosphates (sBAP), osteocalcin (sOC), cross-linked C-telopeptides of collagen type I (sCTx), and urine level of bone cross-linked N-telopeptides of collagen type I (uNTx) were measured before treatment and at the 12th and 24th week of treatment, with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); BMD of orthophoric lumbar vertebrae, femoral neck, Ward's triangle and trochanter were determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the same time as well.

RESULTS:

After 24-week treatment, BMD was heightened to different degree, serum levels of OPG, sCTx, uNTx/Cr were significantly decreased and OPGL, sBAP, sOC were increased in the MGTG and XLGBG, while these indexes showed insignificant change in the LCG and the control group.

CONCLUSION:

The effect of MGT in treating PMO were notable, just like that of XLGB, but single medication of calcium tablet cannot alleviate the disease and also incapable to prevent the loss of bone.

• Authors: Yi Dai, Lin Shen, Yan-ping Yang
• Journal: Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine (Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi) Vol. 27 Issue 8 Pg. 696-9 (Aug 2007) ISSN: 1003-5370 [Print] China
• PMID: 17879531 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• Osteoprotegerin
• RANK Ligand
• Tablets
• migu

Topics

• Bone Density (drug effects)
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal (blood, drug therapy)
• Osteoprotegerin (blood)
• Phytotherapy
• RANK Ligand (blood)
• Tablets
• Treatment Outcome