Table 2.
Top ten most common prescriptions among prostate cancer patients.
| Rank | Western medications (n = 100736) | Chinese herbal medications (n = 7070) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Products (compound) | n | % | Products (Chinese name) | n | % | |
| 1 | Acetaminophen | 3467 | 3.4 | Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang | 111 | 1.6 |
| 2 | Aspirin | 2366 | 2.3 | Ma Zi Ren Wan | 99 | 1.4 |
| 3 | Tamsulosin | 1928 | 1.9 | Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan | 89 | 1.3 |
| 4 | Magnesium oxide | 1779 | 1.8 | Yan Hu Suo | 75 | 1.1 |
| 5 | Cyproterone acetate | 1610 | 1.6 | Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang | 73 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Amlodipine | 1600 | 1.6 | Ping Wei Shen | 70 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Doxazosin | 1258 | 1.2 | Da Huang | 68 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Sennoside | 1242 | 1.2 | Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang | 67 | 0.9 |
| 9 | Metformin | 1230 | 1.2 | Wu Wei Zi | 66 | 0.9 |
| Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan | 66 | 0.9 | ||||
| 10 | Sodium chloride | 1153 | 1.1 | Jie Geng | 64 | 0.9 |