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The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Is Less Frequent in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Than in Patients with Other Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders.

Anna FábiánMariann RutkaTamás FerenciRenáta BorAnita BálintKlaudia FarkasÁgnes MilassinKata SzántóZsuzsanna LénártFerenc NagyZoltán SzepesTamás Molnár
Published in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2018)
CAM use (especially that of herbal remedies) in IBD is less frequent than that in other gastrointestinal diseases. It is more a complementary than an alternative to conventional medicine in IBD. There is no significant difference between CAM use in patients with Crohn's disease and that in patients with ulcerative colitis, although the latter tend to choose herbs; the benefit of which is supported by scientific evidence. This study is registered at the Medical Research Council, Hungary. This trial is registered with 3769/2010/1018EKU.
Keyphrases
  • ulcerative colitis
  • patients with inflammatory bowel disease
  • healthcare
  • clinical trial
  • study protocol
  • phase ii
  • open label