Acupuncture and postherpetic neuralgia.

Lewith, George; Field, Jennifer

doi:10.1136/bmj.281.6240.622-a

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“…Lewith and Field (9) reported that 40% of their patients with postherpetic neuralgia had gained significant pain relief with acupuncture. Though medication with antiviral therapy has improved in recent years, postherpetic neuralgia is still a troublesome complication for both patients and physicians.…”

Section: Herpes Zostermentioning

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Acupuncture, electrostimulation, and reflex therapy in dermatology

Chen

2003

Dermatol Ther

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Acupuncture is an old therapeutic method that includes both needle and nonneedle acupuncture. Nonneedle acupuncture includes moxibustion, cupping, and acupressure. In the field of dermatology, acupuncture has been reported to be beneficial for the treatment of acne, postherpetic neuralgia, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and urticaria. In acupuncture treatment of dermal diseases, both the filiform needle and the cutaneous needle are powerful tools. In the treatment of refractory dermal diseases, cutaneous needle acupuncture is usually followed by cupping to intensify the therapeutic effect. In cases where needle acupuncture is not possible, acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a good alternative. In addition, reflex therapy based on foot reflex areas may also be an alternative. A lack of controlled studies is the main drawback for the methods mentioned above. However, the experiences from experts in this field may offer us new ideas to resolve refractory disorders in dermatology.

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Section: Herpes Zostermentioning

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Acupuncture, electrostimulation, and reflex therapy in dermatology

Chen

2003

Dermatol Ther

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“…14'15 This point ("Neiguan") is situated two "Chinese inches" (i.e., two widths of the intraphalangeal joint of the patient's thumb) proximal to the distal skin crease of the wrist. 16 The mechanism of acupuncture antiemesis is unclear. A dual effect of endogenous opioids on the vomiting centre has been suggested with acupuncture increasing endorphin-mediated antiemetic tone.…”

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Ineffectiveness of acupuncture and droperidol in preventing vomiting following strabismus repair in children

Yentis

Bissonnette

1992

Can J Anaesth

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“…RCTs are considered to be the most effective method of assessing the efficacy of health care interventions. 38,39 When performed and reported correctly, they should provide enough information about the design, execution, analysis and interpretation of the trial to allow readers to judge their validity and applicability in clinical practice. 40 Because of predetermined search and selection criteria, anyone else using the same criteria to review postherpetic neuralgia is likely to arrive at the same treatment conclusions.…”

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The management of established postherpetic neuralgia: a comparison of the quality and content of traditional vs. systematic reviews

Ladhani

Williams

1998

Br J Dermatol

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In the face of an exponential increase in published biomedical studies, dermatologists frequently turn to review articles in order to keep abreast of important developments in the treatment of skin diseases. Traditional review articles have recently been criticized on the basis of their incompleteness and susceptibility to bias. Such biases can be minimized by employing a systematic approach to gathering, combining and interpreting the evidence of treatment efficacy. Using eight predetermined quality criteria, we compared the quality of 10 traditional review with one systematic review of treatments for postherpetic neuralgia, which were identified from the Medline database for 1992-96. None of the 10 traditional review articles satisfied all eight criteria: one satisfied five, two satisfied four and the rest satisfied two or fewer criteria. There was a wide variation in the recommendations of the authors for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia, often based on anecdotal evidence and clinical experience. On the other hand, the systematic review fulfilled seven of the eight quality criteria, failing only to discuss future directives. Furthermore, treatment recommendations were made solely on the basis of randomized controlled trials, which are considered to be the gold standard for measuring the benefits of any intervention. The variation in quality and treatment recommendations of traditional reviews is worrying. Systematic reviews should be encouraged in dermatology because they provide a summary of evidence of the effects of dermatological treatments, which has been derived using explicit methods widely accepted within science.

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Acupuncture and postherpetic neuralgia.

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Acupuncture, electrostimulation, and reflex therapy in dermatology

Acupuncture, electrostimulation, and reflex therapy in dermatology

Ineffectiveness of acupuncture and droperidol in preventing vomiting following strabismus repair in children

The management of established postherpetic neuralgia: a comparison of the quality and content of traditional vs. systematic reviews

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