Immediate effect of Shakuyaku-kanzo-to on muscle cramp in hemodialysis patients.

Abstract

We administered 2.5 g of Shakuyaku-kanzo-to granule to 61 patients who had muscle cramp during hemodialysis (HD) sessions and examined its immediate effects. We selected 10 patients who wanted to take the drug at home, out of cases, for whom the drug was effective on the study described above and had them take the drug in the same way at the beginning of muscle cramp at home examined the effects. In the study during HD sessions, muscle cramp and its associated pain disappeared in 5.3 +/- 3.9 min on average in 54 out of 61 cases. In the study of patients who took the drug at home, muscle cramp disappeared within 10 min in all cases. Shakuyaku-kanzo-to is thought to be very useful for muscle cramp during HD sessions of hemodialized patients because it has immediate effects by its oral administration on the occasion of cramp. With regard to the muscle cramp, which appears at home after HD sessions, the patients can cope with it by taking the drug by themselves. This is an epoch-making therapy, for it was impossible to cope with muscle cramp except in hospitals because the therapy of muscle cramp was limited to intravenous infusion of hypertonic solutions of dextrose, mannitol, and saline during HD sessions.

• Authors: Toru Hyodo, Takayasu Taira, Toru Takemura, Sumiko Yamamoto, Mayumi Tsuchida, Kazunari Yoshida, Toyoaki Uchida, Tadasu Sakai, Hideo Hidai, Shiro Baba
• Journal: Nephron. Clinical practice (Nephron Clin Pract) Vol. 104 Issue 1 Pg. c28-32 ( 2006) ISSN: 1660-2110 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 16685141 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• shakuyaku-kanzoh-toh

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (therapeutic use)
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Drug Combinations
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Glycyrrhiza
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (therapy)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Muscle Cramp (drug therapy, etiology, prevention & control)
• Paeonia
• Renal Dialysis (adverse effects)
• Treatment Outcome