Acupuncture is harmless and feasible for patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D), according to a aviator survey published online Dec. 29 successful JAMA Network Open.
Ling-Yu Qi, from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and colleagues randomly assigned 90 individuals with IBS-D to acupuncture (either circumstantial acupoints [SA] oregon nonspecific acupoints [NSA]) oregon a sham acupuncture (NA) radical with each groups receiving 12 30-minute sessions implicit 4 consecutive weeks.
The researchers observed important improvements successful the effect complaint astatine week 4 for each groups (composite effect rates of 46.7 percent successful the SA group, 46.7 percent successful the NSA group, and 26.7 percent successful the NA group). However, the quality betwixt the groups was not statistically significant. Adequate alleviation astatine week 4 was achieved by 64.3 percent successful the SA group, 62.1 percent successful the NSA group, and 55.2 percent successful the NA group. Two patients (6.7 percent) successful the SA radical and 3 patients (10 percent) successful the NSA oregon NA radical reported adverse events.
"These findings suggest that acupuncture is feasible and safe; a larger, sufficiently powered proceedings is needed to accurately measure efficacy," the authors write.
More information: Ling-Yu Qi et al, Acupuncture for the Treatment of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome, JAMA Network Open (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48817
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