Clinical Effects of Safflower Pill of Dedu Seven Medicinal Herbs Plus Adefovir Dipivoxil on Liver Fibrosis Resulting from Chronic Viral Hepatitis B

To study the clinical effects of Safflower Pill of Dedu Seven Medicinal Herbs combined with Adefovir Dipivoxil on liver fibrosis resulting from chronic viral hepatitis B.116 patients with chronic hepatitis B fibrosis were randomly divided into two groups (n=58 for each group): treatment group (Safflower Pill of Seven Medicinal Herbs combined with Adefovir Dipivoxil) and control group (Adefovir Dipivoxil) (n=58) for clinical observation of 24 weeks. After 24 weeks, the effective rates were 93.10% and 81.03% in the treatment group and control group respectively; the indexes of liver function, liver fibrosis and radiographic indexes of the patients in both groups were significantly decreased (P <0.05 or P <0.01); The differences between the two groups were statistically significant (P <0.05). The effect of Safflower Pill of Seven Medicinal Herbs combined with Adefovir Dipivoxil for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B fibrosis is more effective than that of Adefovir Dipivoxil alone.