Is Chios mastic gum effective in the treatment of functional dyspepsia? A prospective randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial.
- 2010-02
- RCT
- Journal of ethnopharmacology 127(2)
- Konstantinos J Dabos
- Ekaterini Sfika
- Lisa J Vlatta
- Despoina Frantzi
- Georgios I Amygdalos
- Georgios Giannikopoulos
- PubMed: 19961914
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.021
- High evidence
- Clinical
Individual symptoms that showed significant improvement with Chios mastic gum were: ... stomach pain when anxious, ... (p<0.05 for all four symptoms).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 350 mg three times daily