Acupuncture for fibromyalgia: only a short-term solution
Hello
People come to us for a permanent resolution of their problem. That is why we only do techniques that we know and have proven to work. Work to us means permanently fix the problem.
This week’s article we will look at another systematic review called “Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia.”
9 studies were examined.
They found that “Low quality evidence from one study (13 participants) showed EA improved symptoms with no adverse events at one month following treatment.”
“Moderate quality evidence from six studies (286 participants) indicated that acupuncture (EA or MA) was no better than sham acupuncture, except for less stiffness at one month.”
“Low quality evidence from one study (38 participants) showed a short‐term benefit of acupuncture over antidepressants in pain relief.”
“Four studies reported no differences between acupuncture and control, or other treatments described at six to seven months follow‐up.”
So even if there was any difference in the short term,by seven months every benefit had disappeared.
Considering how this research has shown that it is almost all the benefits come from placebo, belief that wears off, and not the treatment itself, this tells me that it doesn’t work.
What does it tell you?
Jason
