Table 7 |
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| Open issues about prescribing Kampo medicine (n = 285) | ||
| Issue | frequency | % |
| The dose and dosage forms need to be better devised for simpler application | 173 | 60.7 |
| No evidence of efficacy from placebo-controlled studies | 109 | 38.2 |
| Action mechanism of Kampo medicine is not yet elucidated | 97 | 34.0 |
| No opportunity to learn about Kampo medicines | 90 | 31.6 |
| Relatively weak effect | 79 | 27.7 |
| Drug interaction is uncertain | 66 | 23.2 |
| Production of effect is slow | 56 | 19.6 |
| Others | 25 | 8.8 |
| There are no issues | 12 | 4.2 |
Multiple answers allowed.
Iwase et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:222 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-222
