• 1. Department of Mental Health; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041; China2. Chengdu Yunke Pharm. Co.3. Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre;
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Objective  To assess the effectiveness and safety of fukangpian in the treatment of opiate withdrawl symptoms.
Methods  We performed an electronic search for Cochrane Library (2004 version of Cochrane Controlled Trials Register), Medline (1966-2004), EMbase (1974-2004), and handsearched some Chinese journals for additional articles (such as CBM disc, VIP, CNKI, CMCC) (1980-2004). The quality of included randomized controlled trials was evaluated and meta-analysis was performed.
Results  We collected 31 studies about fukangpian, of which two studies involving 403 patients met the inclusion criteria. These two studies were of poor quality. Cmpared with clonidine, fukangpian showed a greater decrease than Clonidine group in the withdrawal symptom score for day 1 to day 4 (WMD of 9 points at day 4, 95%CI 5.47 to 12.52). Cmpared with placebo, the two studies for change in the withdrawal symptom score, fukangpian showed a greater decrease at day 1 to 3, but not at day 4 (WMD of 4.10 points at day 4, 95%CI -8.36 to 16.56; 1 study).
Conclusions  Based on the current evidence fukangpian is an effective and safe drug for abstinence of drug addiction. More high quality randomized controlled trials are required to promote the strength of evidence.

Citation: WANG Xue,LI SuXia,ZHU Sanping,LI Jin,KUANG Weihong,WU Taixiang. Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Safety of Fukangpian in the Treatment of Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2004, 04(8): 545-549. doi: Copy