Acupuncture for Pain Management in Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Hu, Caiqiong; Zhang, Haibo; Wu, Wan-Yin; Weiqing, Yu; Li, Yong; Bai, Jie; Luo, Bin; Li, Shuping

doi:10.1155/2016/1720239

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“…Systematic reviews of clinical trials into the effectiveness of acupuncture in palliative care (Garcia, 2013;Hu, 2016;Lian, 2014;Standish, 2008;Towler, 2013;Wei-Ling, 2013;Wu, 2015) and other quantitative studies evaluating impact using disease-specific outcome measures (Busuyi, 2014a,b;Dean-Clower, 2010;Kozak, 2008;Leng, 1999;Oneschuk, 2007;Romeo, 2015) show acupuncture as a potentially positive therapy. The studies collectively suggest that acupuncture may be valuable for palliative relief of symptoms.…”

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Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

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Whilst acupuncture has the potential to impact on many aspects of health and well-being, including end-of-life care, there is little research regarding patients' experiences of its effects within the context of palliative care in hospice settings. The aim of this study was to address this gap, by exploring patients' experiences of acupuncture within this setting. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of eighteen patients who had received acupuncture as part of hospice care. Transcription of data, with thematic analysis, identified two overarching themes: (1) participant perceptions of the effects of acupuncture including pain control, improved physical and emotional health, spiritual well-being and awareness of health as a holistic phenomenon; and (2) factors which participants believed enabled acupuncture to have these effects including the quality of the practitioner relationship, engagement of participants in the process of their treatment and prior expectations that acupuncture could work. Acupuncture was found to be a highly acceptable, accessible and popular treatment with positive holistic effects reported across the domains of physical, mental and spiritual health and no serious adverse effects. By enabling awareness of the holistic nature of health and well-being, acupuncture was experienced as having the potential to contribute to a better death, an emergent theory that needs testing in further studies. In the meanwhile, the results of this study offer encouragement to hospices currently providing or considering investing in acupuncture provision.

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Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

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“…Acupressure involves pressure applied by fingers or a device to acupoints as opposed to needle or electrical stimulation [3]. Acupuncture has been investigated in the treatment of cancer-related pain that is insufficiently controlled by analgesics, as well as for cancer-related insomnia and breast-cancer related hot flashes [55,56,57]. …”

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Integrative medicine in cancer survivors

Viscuse¹,

Price

Millstine

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Current Opinion in Oncology

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Purpose of review Due to medical advances and an aging population, the number of cancer survivors continues to rise. Survivors often experience late and long-term sequelae of cancer and its treatment (e.g. fatigue, pain, fear of recurrence, and stress). As a result, some patients have utilized or expressed interest in integrative medicine modalities for prevention of recurrence, optimizing health, enhancing quality of life, and managing symptoms. The purpose of this review is to focus on research published during the past year that informs our understanding of the utility of integrative medicine for cancer survivors. Recent findings Physical activity, diet, dietary supplements, mind-body modalities, acupuncture, and massage therapy all may play a role in the management of the physical (e.g. fatigue and pain) and emotional (e.g. anxiety and fear) issues faced by cancer survivors. Summary Integrative medicine therapies are appealing to and utilized by many cancer survivors and may reduce symptom burden. Clinicians who provide cancer survivorship care may improve patient care by understanding the evidence for and against their use.

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“…Setelah tindakan elektroakupunktur press needle ditempelkan pada titik Hegu sebelah kiri. 8,9 Keluhan nyeri berangsur menghilang dengan skor visual analogue scale (VAS) 1-2. Keluhan pusing, mual, muka bengkak, dan kesemutan tidak dirasakan lagi.…”

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Akupunktur pada Pasien dengan Efek Samping Obat Pascatindakan Anestesi Spinal

Kurniawan¹,

Ibrahim²

2017

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AbstrakAkupunktur secara luas telah digunakan untuk menginduksi analgesi. Akupunktur dapat digunakan sebagai terapi nyeri, alergi, inflamasi, gangguan metabolik, dan pascastrok. Laporan kasus ini bertujuan memaparkan manfaat akupunktur sebagai terapi gangguan akibat efek samping obat. Seorang wanita 59 tahun memiliki keluhan nyeri perut bagian bawah akibat kista ovarium terpuntir. Pasien alergi terhadap hampir seluruh obat yang pernah diminumnya termasuk antibiotik, analgetik, non steroidal anti inflamatory drugs (NSAID), steroid, dan vitamin. Pasien menjalani kistektomi dengan anestesi spinal menggunakan obat anestetik lokal bupivakain 10 mg di Rumah Sakit Dr. Dustira Cimahi pada 20 Juni 2016. Tiga puluh menit pascabedah pasien mengeluh nyeri di daerah operasi dan muncul efek samping obat dengan keluhan pusing, mual, muka terasa bengkak dan tebal, serta kulit kemerahan seluruh tubuh. Pasien diduga mengalami adverse drug reaction (ADR) akibat bupivakain. Pasien diberi tindakan elektroakupunktur dengan pemasangan jarum akupunktur pada titik insisi, Hegu (LI-4), Neikuan (P-6), Sanyinjiao (SP-6), dan Zusanli (S-36) bilateral dialiri listrik 10 mA pada frekuensi 40 Hz selama 30 menit. Setelah tindakan elektroakupunktur press needle ditempelkan pada titik Hegu sebelah kiri. Keluhan nyeri berangsur menghilang dan akibat efek samping obat tidak dirasakan lagi. Akupunktur dipilih untuk mengatasi nyeri pascaoperasi dan gangguan efek samping obat karena pasien memiliki riwayat alergi obat analgesik dan antialergi. Pada kasus ini akupunktur efektif mengatasi gangguan akibat efek samping obat anestetik lokal pada suntikan spinal. Kata kunci: Adverse drug reaction (ADR), akupunktur, titik akupunktur Acupuncture on A Patient with Adverse Drug Reaction after Spinal Anesthesia AbstractAcupuncture is widely used to induce analgesia. Acupuncture can be used in the treatment of pain, allergy, inflammation, metabolic disorders, and post-stroke. This case report aimed to describe the benefits of acupuncture as a therapy of adverse reactions to drug. A-59-year woman was presented weith a complaint of lower abdominal pain due to twisted ovarian cyst. She had a history of allergy to almost all drugs i.e. antibiotics, analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drugs (NSAIDs), steroids, and vitamins. Patient underwent cystectomy under spinal anesthetic of 10 mg bupivacaine at Dr. Dustira Hospital Cimahi on June 20, 2016. Thirty minutes post-surgery, she started to complain about the pain in the area of the surgery and the signs-symptoms of allergic reactions occurred (dizziness, nausea, swollen and thick feeling of the face, and reddish skin all over the body). Patient was suspected of having adverse drug reactions (ADR) that was most likely the side effects of bupivacaine. She then received electroacupunture to address the postoperative pain and allergic reaction to bupivacaine. Acupuncture needles were placed at the point of incision consisting of Hegu (LI-4), Neikuan (P-6), Sanyinjiao (SP-6), and Zusanli (S-36) bilateral, electrified ...

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Acupuncture for Pain Management in Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Cited by 89 publications

References 22 publications

Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

Integrative medicine in cancer survivors

Akupunktur pada Pasien dengan Efek Samping Obat Pascatindakan Anestesi Spinal

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