Alternative therapy in pruritus

Author: Millikan, Larry E.

Source: Dermatologic Therapy, Volume 16, Number 2, June 2003 , pp. 175-180(6)

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Abstract:

Because of its multitude of origins, the symptom complex of pruritus has a plethora of purported remedies and few therapeutic indications. Very few topical and systemic FDA approved medications have the indication of pruritus. Specific therapy still awaits a better definition of the exact physiologic events in chronic pruritus. Hence most medications actually focus on the central nervous system—the peripheral receptors—and the lack of specific physiologic targets has inhibited pharmacologic development. The resulting gap has opened the door to a variety of alternative therapies.

Keywords: alternative therapy; herbals; pharmacology; physiology; pruritus

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8019.2003.01626.x

Publication date: 2003-06-01