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Allium sativum decreases intraocular pressure

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Independent t-test showed that the IOP lowering effect of garlic compared to placebo was statistically significant in the four-week follow-up (P value =0.036) (Table 5).”
Quoted verbatim from Evaluation of the Effect of Garlic Tablet as a Complementary Treatment for Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy.
This finding among the 2 findings on its endpoint

Allium sativum

Intraocular pressure

lowers

Who
Diabetic patients with central-involved macular edema (117 eyes), all also treated with intravitreal bevacizumab and laser photocoagulation in both arms; glaucoma excluded; secondary endpoint
Dose studied
two 500 mg tablets a day with lunch for four weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 35875346 · 2022

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
4 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Journal of diabetes research
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71JD22CGD2YE4HQNMH56YJ8