ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Acupuncture versus titrated morphine in acute renal colic: a randomized controlled trial.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture Therapy as an Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategy for Comprehensive Acute Pain Care: The Academic Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper Update.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of acupuncture for pain relief from renal colic: A meta-analysis and trial sequence analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Early acupuncture intervention for pain relief in emergency department patients with suspected acute renal colic caused by urinary calculi: a randomized clinical trial.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2025Trial
- Effect of Adjunctive Acupuncture on Pain Relief Among Emergency Department Patients With Acute Renal Colic Due to Urolithiasis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Acupuncture versus Lornoxicam in the Treatment of Acute Renal Colic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2021Trial
- Therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture therapy for acute pain in the emergency department.Integrative medicine research · 2026Review
- Questionable role of opioids for analgesia in renal colic and its urological interventions.BJUI compass · 2025Review
- Immediate analgesic effect of acupuncture for acute primary dysmenorrhea: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy to Etoricoxib for Patients with Acute Gouty Arthritis: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Acupuncture for response and complete pain relief time of acute renal colic: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- Methodology and findings of randomized clinical trials on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions to treat renal colic pain - a review.Central European journal of urology · 2023Review
- Acupuncture intervention for acute pain in the Emergency Department trial: a consensus process.Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society · 2022Article
- Immediate acupuncture with GB34 for biliary colic: protocol for a randomised controlled neuroimaging trial.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture in Renal Colic Caused by Urinary Calculi in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Understandings of acupuncture application and mechanisms.American journal of translational research · 2022Review
- Lessons Learned in Teaching Battlefield (Ear) Acupuncture to Emergency Medicine Clinicians.Medical acupuncture · 2020Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to compare the analgesic effect and tolerance profile of acupuncture versus intravenous (IV) titrated morphine in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with renal colic. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 115 patients were randomized into two groups. Patients in the IV titrated-morphine group (n=61) received 0.1 mg/kg morphine every 5 minutes until pain score dropped by at least 50% of its baseline value. Patients in the acupuncture group (n=54) received an acupuncture session of 30 minutes following a prespecified protocol. The visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess pain intensity at baseline and at 10, 20, 30, 45, and 60 minutes following the start of the treatment protocol. Possible treatment side effects were also recorded.
resultsNo significant differences were found between the two groups concerning age, sex, or baseline VAS score. From the 10th minute until the end of the intervention, acupuncture was associated with a deeper analgesic effect than titrated morphine (
conclusionIn ED patients with renal colic, acupuncture was associated with a much faster and deeper analgesic effect and a better tolerance profile in comparison with titrated IV morphine.
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