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Table 5 Incidence of adverse events

From: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled phase III clinical trial of chicken type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritis

Adverse events

CCII (n = 326)

MTX (n = 177)

   Nausea, vomiting

6

13

   Abdominal pain, epigastric discomfort

17

11

   Diarrhea

0

2

   Liver dysfunction

6

10

   Headache, dizziness

3

5

   Itching, rash

5

1

   Blood in urine

2

3

   Constipation

1

0

   Edema

2

1

   Alopecia

0

1

   Decrease in white blood cell count

1

5

   Decrease in platelet count

0

1

Sum of events

43

53

  1. CCII, chicken type II collagen; MTX, methotrexate.