Effectiveness of electroacupuncture analgesia compared with opioid administration in a dog model: a pilot study

Groppetti, D.; Pecile, A.; Sacerdote, Paola; Bronzo, V.; Ravasio, Giuliano

doi:10.1093/bja/aer199

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“…49 Acupuncture and electroacupuncture may also reduce the need for systemic analgesics postoperatively. 50 Low-level laser therapy may also shorten the time to return to function. 51 …”

Section: What Nonpharmacologic Therapies Could Be Incorporated In Thementioning

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Analgesia in the Perioperative Period

Berry

2015

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

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“…49 Acupuncture and electroacupuncture may also reduce the need for systemic analgesics postoperatively. 50 Low-level laser therapy may also shorten the time to return to function. 51 …”

Section: What Nonpharmacologic Therapies Could Be Incorporated In Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Analgesia in the Perioperative Period

Berry

2015

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

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“…AP may be an alternative to avoid the adverse effects of opioids and NSAIDs in acute and chronic pain management. This technique has been successfully used in animals to treat neurological syndromes and musculoskeletal diseases which culminate in pain 5 and several studies and reviews have addressed the analgesic and antinociceptive effects of AP and AP related techniques in acute pain in man 6 and dogs [7][8][9][10][11] . Postoperative analgesia of AP is comparable or even better than opioids or antiinflammatory drugs [8][9][10][11] , showing that AP has a clinical promising effect to treat postoperative pain in dogs.…”

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Acupuncture and pharmacopuncture are as effective as morphine or carprofen for postoperative analgesia in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy

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PURPOSE:To investigate the analgesic effect of acupuncture (AP) or micro-dose pharmacopuncture (PA), using carprofen or morphine, in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy (OHE). METHODS:Thirty five dogs were randomly assigned to five groups after sedation with acepromazine IM: AP, 0.5 mg.kg -1 of morphine subcutaneously (SC), 4 mg.kg -1 of carprofen SC, and PA with 0.05 mg.kg -1 of morphine or 0.4 mg.kg -1 of carprofen. Anaesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with isoflurane. Pain was assessed after OHE by a blind observer for 24h, by dynamic visual analogue scale (DIVAS), Glasgow (CMPS-SF), Melbourne (UMPS) and Colorado University pain scale (CSU). Animals reaching 33% of the UMPS score received rescue analgesia with morphine IM. Non parametric data were analysed by Kruskal-Wallis or Friedman tests where applicable, followed by Dunn´s test. Parametric data were analysed by two way ANOVA, followed by Tukey test. RESULTS:There were no differences among groups in number of rescue analgesia. Except for the DIVAS score where animals treated with morphine had the lowest score compared with AP and carprofen, at 1h after surgery, there were no other differences among groups.CONCLUSION: Acupuncture or pharmacopuncture were equally effective as morphine or carprofen to control postoperative pain in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

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“…Acupuncture analgesia induced its effect through neuronal mechanisms associated with the central nervous system [17,18], as well as through the mechanism of endogenous opiates and their receptors, such as endorphin, enkephalin, endomorphin, and dynophin, which were reported to be frequency-dependent factors [19,20]. The DeQi or De-Chi was distinguished by the cortex during acupuncture needling; thus, cortical involvement followed acupuncture stimulation [21,22].…”

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Successful Practice of Electroacupuncture Analgesia in Equine Surgery

Sheta

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Farghali

et al. 2015

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

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Electroacupuncture analgesia was used for surgery in horses and donkeys. A KWD-808 electrical stimulator was used to incrementally induce a dense, dispersed wave output at frequencies from 20 to 55 Hz, which was maintained at a frequency of 55 Hz, and to change the amplitude of the wave to the best grading number for the suggested operation in each animal. Induction of analgesia lasted for 20-30 minutes, and the effect of analgesia was maintained for 20-45 minutes depending on the type of surgery performed. The exhibited clinical signs, physical examination data, and the responses of all animals were used for evaluating the periods of analgesia. Although the majority of the cases (95%) had no response to strong surgical pain, they experienced significant increases in heart rates and respiratory rates during induction. The lack of pain, relaxed surgical procedures, reduced intraoperative bleeding, and improved healing without complications were all definite benefits of using electroacupuncture analgesia in surgery. Thus, this study has provided surgical evidence supporting the effectiveness of electroacupuncture analgesia, as well as confirming its reliability, in the field of equine anesthesia and surgery.

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Effectiveness of electroacupuncture analgesia compared with opioid administration in a dog model: a pilot study

Abstract: The results obtained from the present investigation showed some evidence for electroacupuncture as an alternative technique to provide postoperative analgesia in dogs.

Cited by 55 publications

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Analgesia in the Perioperative Period

Analgesia in the Perioperative Period

Acupuncture and pharmacopuncture are as effective as morphine or carprofen for postoperative analgesia in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomy

Successful Practice of Electroacupuncture Analgesia in Equine Surgery

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