Dynamic observation on therapeutic features of thalamic pain by mind calming, blood activating and pain relief acupuncture and carbamazepine

To observe therapeutic features of thalamic pain by mind Calming, blood activating and pain relief acupuncture and Carbamazepine. Crossover trial design was adopted. Eleven patients with confirmed diagnosis of thalamic pain were randomly assigned to two groups according to the minimal unbalance inde...

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Published inZhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Vol. 31; no. 6; p. 741
Main Authors Fan, Xiao-nong, Zhang, Xue, Wu, Lian-zhong
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.06.2011
Subjects
Acupuncture Analgesia - methods
Aged
Carbamazepine - therapeutic use
Cross-Over Studies
Female
Headache - therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain Management
Pain Measurement
Thalamic Diseases - therapy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:To observe therapeutic features of thalamic pain by mind Calming, blood activating and pain relief acupuncture and Carbamazepine. Crossover trial design was adopted. Eleven patients with confirmed diagnosis of thalamic pain were randomly assigned to two groups according to the minimal unbalance index method, i.e., Group I (Six patients received acupuncture first and then Western medicine.) and Group II (Five patients received Western medicine first and then acupuncture). The therapeutic course for each group was ten days. There was a ten-day elution phase between the two therapeutic methods. The total therapeutic course was thirty days. Eleven patients were enrolled in the two groups for statistical analysis. The therapeutic efficacy was assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS) and the pain assessment scale of Anderson Cancer Center in the USA (MD Pain Evaluation value) respectively. The VAS and MD values of the two groups were recorded every day to get the dynamic curve. The VAS and MD values obviously decr
ISSN:1003-5370