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September 24, 2004
Acupuncture Eases Post-Surgical Nausea
Despite much skepticism among the medical community, acupuncture does seem to have some good uses.
Acupuncture can help treat post-operative pain and also the nausea and vomiting that sometimes follow surgery, a study has found.
Duke University Medical Center researchers randomly assigned the 75 study participants to receive acupuncture, the drug Zofran or nothing. The incidence of stomach sickness and pain were tracked at half-hour intervals for the first two hours after surgery and again 24 hours later.
"Acupuncture appears to be more effective than the most commonly used medication, with few to no side-effects," said Dr. Tong Joo Gan, the anesthesiologist who led the study.
Posted by linda at September 24, 2004 12:26 PM
