In patients with psoriasis and metabolic syndrome, adding intranasal semax to conventional therapy decreased initially elevated serum total cholesterol, whereas standard treatment had no significant effect.
In plain wordsIn people with psoriasis and metabolic syndrome, adding semax lowered raised total cholesterol, which standard treatment alone did not change.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- DecreaseSerum total cholesterol
- Study
n = 118
- Comparator
- Conventional therapy alone
- Outcome group
- Lipids · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 0.1% solution, 600 mg/day · intranasal · 10 daysAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
led to a decrease in the initially elevated serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and to an increase in the initially reduced levels of HDL cholesterol, in contrast to the standard treatment
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In group 1, 58 patients received conventional therapy, while 60 patients in group 2 received the same with additional 0.1% semax solution intranasally 600 mg/day for 10 days.