Posted by alohashirt on August 29, 2005, at 0:16:35 [reposted on August 29, 2005, at 18:46:13 | original URL]
In reply to Butterbur, posted by ed_uk on August 26, 2005, at 14:39:42
> Data support use of butterbur in treatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
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> Further evidence to support use of butterbur extract to treat allergic rhinitis has emerged.
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> Researchers from Germany and Switzerland compared Butterbur Ze339 with 180mg fexofenadine (an antihistamine) in a randomised, double-blind, parallel group study involving 330 patients. They found that butterbur extract was as effective as fexofenadine at combating symptoms of intermittent allergic rhinitis (both treatments were superior to placebo, P<0.001) and that it did not cause drowsiness.
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> “Butterbur Ze339 has now been subject to a series of well controlled trials and should be considered as an alternative treatment for [intermittent allergic rhinitis],” Andreas Schapowal, of the Allergy Clinic in Landquart, Switzerland, and one of the researchers, said.
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> He explained that butterbur (Petasites hybridus) has been shown to inhibit the production of leukotrienes associated with spasmolytic activity and type-1 hypersensitivity and that it can help stimulate production of prostaglandins.Butterbur is a medication. I assumed it was a typo for an off-topic reference to butterbean http://tinyurl.com/9ujez !
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