Effects of Curcumin on the treatment of oral lichen planus symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

Hanie MoayeriAbdolhalim RajabiMohammadhiwa Abdekhoda Sudabeh Bagheri Moghaddam

Published in: BMC oral health (2024)

Curcumin had no significant effect on erythema, lesion size, and pain of OLP compared to the control groups. However, subgroup analysis revealed that curcumin was more effective in reducing pain in non-randomized trials and in trials with a treatment duration of 2 weeks.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
spinal cord
physical activity
postoperative pain
double blind
placebo controlled