ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2008
Acupuncture treatment of dysmenorrhea resistant to conventional medical treatment.
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- Comparative Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Acupuncture and Electroacupuncture in Women With Dysmenorrhea and Autonomic Imbalance: A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2025Trial
- Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China.Trials · 2011Trial
- Effective Oriental Magic for Analgesia: Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Immediate Analgesic Effect of Perpendicular Needling or Transverse Needling at SP 6 in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Pilot Study.Medical acupuncture · 2019Article
- Comparison of the effects of acupressure and self-care behaviors training on the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea based on McGill pain questionnaire among Shiraz University students.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2016Article
- Effects of somatothermal far-infrared ray on primary dysmenorrhea: a pilot study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012Article
- Acupuncture to treat primary dysmenorrhea in women: a randomized controlled trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Comparing the effects of reflexology methods and Ibuprofen administration on dysmenorrhea in female students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research · 2010Article
- Treating gynaecological disorders with traditional Chinese medicine: a review.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2009Review
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Abstract
We evaluated the effect of acupuncture on NSAID resistant dysmenorrhea related pain [measured according to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)] in 15 consecutive patients. Pain was measured at baseline (T1), mid treatment (T2), end of treatment (T3) and 3 (T4) and 6 months (T5) after the end of treatment. Substantial reduction of pain and NSAID assumption was observed in 13 of 15 patients (87%). Pain intensity was significantly reduced with respect to baseline (average VAS = 8.5), by 64, 72, 60 or 53% at T2, T3, T4 or T5. Greater reduction of pain was observed for primary as compared with secondary dysmenorrhea. Average pain duration at baseline (2.6 days) was significantly reduced by 62, 69, 54 or 54% at T2, T3, T4 or T5. Average NSAID use was significantly reduced by 63, 74, 58 or 58% at T2, T3, T4 or T5, respectively, and ceased totally in 7 patients, still asymptomatic 6 months after treatment. Our findings suggest that acupuncture may be indicated to treat dysmenorrhea related pain, in particular in those subjects in whom NSAID or oral contraceptives are contraindicated or refused.
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