Acupuncture for Pain Competes with Morphine in Shock New Study

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By Alexandra Preston

Acupuncture has been recognized by the World Health Organization since 1996 as a safe and effective treatment for a range of complaints, including pain and discomfort. Unfortunately, its use in a hospital setting, where patients usually must take whatever treatment they can get, is still very rare. But an amazing new study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine will hopefully change more attitudes towards the practice.

Titled Acupuncture vs intravenous morphine in the management of acute pain in the ED (emergency department), the study involved 300 individuals, with 150 in the acupuncture group and 150 in the morphine group …read more

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