Objective. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the preparation of thioctic acid combined with standard therapy among patients with angiodistonic syndrome and vegetative-sensory polyneuropathy of the extremities due to the influence of general vibration. Materials and methods. A prospective randomized study of two groups of patients with vibration disease was conducted: the main group (n = 30) and the comparison group (n = 30). All patients received standard therapy, while the main group received additional therapy with octolipen (300 mg per os 2 times a day). Results. The results of questionnaires and objective examination of patients did not establish the occurrence of any side effects when including the drug in the therapy. The survey data proved statistically significant differences in the assessment of pain syndrome at rest and in the occurrence of night pains (p = 0.022). At the same time, when assessing the severity of paresthesia, no statistically significant difference was found between the groups (p = 0.5536). The therapy was accompanied by normalization of the antioxidant status (AOS) in both groups: in the main group, the median AOS increased by 1.342 times and in the comparison group by 1.267 times. In the statistical evaluation, the inclusion of thioctic acid in the treatment was accompanied by a statistically significant increase in the AOS not only with the initial data (p 0.00001), but also in comparison with the results of treatment of patients in the comparison group (p = 0.0387). The data from the reovasographic study also showed that the therapy was more effective with additional inclusion of thioctic acid drug to it. Conclusions. Thus, the data obtained justify the feasibility and effectiveness of using thioctic acid preparation in the treatment of angiodistonia and polyneuropathy syndromes.
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