PapersPMID:30477853
Vitamin B12 for herpetic neuralgia: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- Study, every finding
- meta-analysis
- Population, every finding
- Patients with postherpetic neuralgia; pooled randomised trials of vitamin B12 against placebo
What moved
How to read these marks →“Compared with the placebo group, the Vitamin B12 group exhibited a significant decrease in the Numeric Rating Scale score, with a mean difference of -4.01 (95% confidence interval = -4.70 to -3.33).”
- Effect
- −4.01 mean difference, 95% CI −4.7 to −3.33
- Increases health-related quality of life
very limited
“Vitamin B12 administration improved the quality of life of PHN patients with moderate quality evidence and significantly decreased the number of patients using analgesics.”
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- Patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)
- Participants
- 383
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 1