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Acupuncture Helps Chronic Pain

Posted on June 30, 2016 Posted in Acupuncture, Pain

shoulder_female_100ppi_A4_011bAcupuncture has long been recognized as an effective treatment for chronic pain. In 2012, a study found acupuncture was better than no acupuncture or simulated acupuncture for the treatment of four chronic pain conditions:

  • Back and neck pain
  • Osteoarthritis (your doctor may call it “degenerative joint disease” or “wear and tear” arthritis)
  • Chronic headache
  • Shoulder pain

The National Institute of Health calls the study “the most rigorous evidence to date that acupuncture may be helpful for chronic pain.”

Now, doctors are eager to find a drug-free approach to pain treatment light of the dangers of opioids — the class of powerful pain medications that includes codeine, morphine, OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin. In March, the CDC called deaths from opioid overdoses “an epidemic.”

“Now, you’re like, ‘OK, well, if we’re not using opioids, what should we use?'” says Houman Danesh, MD, director of integrative pain management at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. That dilemma has many people giving acupuncture a second look when it comes to treating pain.

“If a lot of people recognize the value of acupuncture,” Hui says, “it will be one of the components of addressing the prescription drug epidemic that we’re talking about in our country right now.”

By Sid Lipsey
WebMD Feature
Reviewed by David Kiefer, MD
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/acupuncture-pain-killer

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