Table 4.
Treatment tolerability in the two groups.
| Total (n = 66) | Test group (n = 35) | Placebo group (n = 31) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stopped medication, n (%) | 15 (22.73%) | 10 (28.57%) | 5 (16.13%) | 0.169 |
| Reasons for stopping, n (%) | ||||
| Itching sense∗ | 7 (10.61%) | 4 (11.43%) | 3 (9.68%) | 0.153 |
| Personal circumstances | 8 (12.12%) | 6 (17.14%) | 2 (6.45%) |
∗Itching sense resolved spontaneously in several days.
p values were calculated with Student's t-test for categorical variables.