Acupuncture for smoking cessation

White, Adrian; Rampes, Hagen; Ernst, Edzard

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000009

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“…In major depression, compared to invasive acupuncture-like controls at valid acupuncture points, [59][60][61] the effect varies between studies; for depression during pregnancy, 62 acupuncture was significantly more effective than sham. EA was as effective as amitriptyline and mianserin and had fewer side effects.…”

Section: Acupuncture In Mental Health (Schnyer)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Status and Future of Acupuncture Clinical Research

Park

Linde

Manheimer

et al. 2008

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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On November 8-9, 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) hosted an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the landmark National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture. More than 300 acupuncture researchers, practitioners, students, funding agency personnel, and health policy analysts from 20 countries attended the SAR meeting held at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. This paper summarizes important invited lectures in the area of clinical research. Specifically, included are: a review of the recently conducted German trials and observational studies on low-back pain (LBP), gonarthrosis, migraine, and tension-type headache (the Acupuncture Research Trials and the German Acupuncture Trials, plus observational studies); a systematic review of acupuncture treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA); and an overview of acupuncture trials in neurologic conditions, LBP, women's health, psychiatric disorders, and functional bowel disorders. A summary of the use of acupuncture in cancer care is also provided. Researchers involved in the German trials concluded that acupuncture is effective for treating chronic pain, but the correct selection of acupuncture points seems to play a limited role; no conclusions could be drawn about the placebo aspect of acupuncture, due to the design of the studies. Overall, when compared to sham, acupuncture did not show a benefit in treating knee OA or LBP, but acupuncture was better than a wait-list control and standard of care, respectively. In women's health, acupuncture has been found to be beneficial for patients with premenstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea, several pregnancy-related conditions, and nausea in females who have cancers. Evidence on moxibustion for breech presentation, induction of labor, and reduction of menopausal symptoms is still inconclusive. In mental health, evidence for acupuncture's efficacy in treating neurologic and functional bowel disorder is still inconclusive. For chronic cancer-related problems such as pain, acupuncture may work well in stand-alone clinics; however, for acute or treatment-related symptoms, integration of acupuncture care into a busy and complex clinical environment is unlikely, unless compelling evidence of a considerable patient benefit can be established.

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Section: Acupuncture In Mental Health (Schnyer)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Status and Future of Acupuncture Clinical Research

Park

Linde

Manheimer

et al. 2008

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…75,76 Several alternative therapies have been promoted to reduce withdrawal symptoms, including hypnotherapy, acupuncture, acupressure, laser therapy and electrostimulation, but none have proven to be useful. 77,78 …”

Section: New Nrts and Alternative Therapiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tobacco Cessation in Primary Care: Maximizing Intervention Strategies

Anczak¹,

Nogler²

2003

Clinical Medicine & Research

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The most effective preventive intervention that a clinician can provide for tobacco-using patients against heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an empathic, personalized smoking cessation intervention program with extended assistance and follow-up. The goal of the intervention must be complete smoking cessation. Reduction provides no direct health benefits to the individual smoker. Interventions are readily available, but underutilized, in part due to lack of clinician training and organizational support.The present article summarizes the current guidelines for smoking cessation interventions as a framework from which to start. The guidelines incorporate the Transtheoretical Model of patient behavioral change and the "Five A's": Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange. Pharmacotherapeutic tools, including nicotine replacement therapies (nicotine gums, patches, nasal sprays, inhalers and new therapies) and non-nicotine therapies (bupropion, clonidine, nortriptyline and other antidepressants and anxiolytics) are considered. Adherence validation methods, new approaches to tobacco and addiction treatment that appear in the recent research literature are reviewed.Beyond this framework, specific categories of tobacco users (including smokeless tobacco users), cultural and ethnic minorities, adolescents using snuff and bidis, women, Medicaid recipients, and users of multiple forms of tobacco require special consideration.With this framework and the modifications that may be required for specific categories of patients, practicing clinicians can incorporate into daily practice a successful tobacco cessation intervention program with quit rates approaching 20%.

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“…A recent meta-analysis identified 22 studies that compared a form of acupuncture and related therapies with a sham therapy and found no evidence that these therapies are effective for smoking cessation. 27 It must be noted that the review did not look at the effectiveness of alternative therapies in pregnancy.…”

Section: Smoking Cessation Treatmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smoking cessation in pregnancy

Bittoun

Femia

2010

Obstet Med

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Summary: Managing smoking cessation during pregnancy is vital to the wellbeing of the fetus and the mother. Women who continue to smoke during pregnancy expose the fetus to thousands of chemicals which have been shown to cause deleterious shortand long-term effects. Although a large majority of women cease smoking early in the pregnancy, many of them relapse following delivery. Following a review of current research, an overview of the safety and efficacy of smoking cessation treatments for pregnant women will be considered. Limited research has been performed in this field; however, it can be concluded that low-dose intermittent nicotine replacement therapy is a safe treatment modality for women who smoke during pregnancy. At present there has been no research on other current smoking cessation treatments; however, we will suggest techniques to improve cessation rates and strategies to reduce relapse.

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Acupuncture for smoking cessation

Cited by 98 publications

References 23 publications

The Status and Future of Acupuncture Clinical Research

The Status and Future of Acupuncture Clinical Research

Tobacco Cessation in Primary Care: Maximizing Intervention Strategies

Smoking cessation in pregnancy

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