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Pharmaceuticals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2025
Subjects
Chinese herbal medicines
Abstract
Background: Major depression places psychological strain on the individual that may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Though the use of Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) is widespread in clinical practice, its effect on the prevention of RA incidents is still unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the association between CHMs use by patients with depression and their subsequent risk of being diagnosed with RA.
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Copyright: © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/).
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DOI
10.3390/ph18040480
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43564
Citation Details
Yen, C. T., Livneh, H., Huang, H. J., Lu, M. C., Chen, W. J., & Tsai, T. Y. (2025). The Combined Treatment of Chinese Herbal Medicines Is Correlated with a Lower Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients with Depression: Evidence from a Population-Based Patient–Control Study. Pharmaceuticals, 18(4), 480.