Fibromyalgia Symptoms Respond to Acupuncture - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
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ROCHESTER, Minn., June 16 — Acupuncture not only offered pain relief for fibromyalgia patients, but it significantly improved fatigue and anxiety symptoms, Mayo Clinic researchers reported.
This prospective, partially blinded, controlled, randomized trial included 50 fibromyalgia patients who had met American College of Rheumatology criteria for the disorder and had tried conservative treatments, including dietary and herbal supplements, David Martin, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues, here wrote in the June issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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