and can compare your results to general therapy?

went to a speech at UNC last week about the GerAc trials. it was real interesting, claimed that Sham and Verum acupuncture was more effective.

6 weeks instead of 6 months.
lots of news on this, sort of new (last few months).

just curious if anyone has hands on experience.

[Edited on November 17, 2007 at 10:16 PM. Reason : do, as in goto a specialist, not actually perform it. but if you do, even better]

11/17/2007 10:16:00 PM

i want the kind that relieves stress
(not sexual innuendo there)

11/17/2007 11:09:11 PM

dr gloria guifen liu in the duke neurology dept does


i wish my duke insurance covered it

11/18/2007 9:33:59 AM

i want to try it.

but i dont suffer from many things that i would want to spend money on for acupuncture

11/18/2007 5:16:50 PM

Seems like I read some study recently that indicated acupuncture was barely better than placebo.

They did prick you for the "placebo" but not in the right places and nowhere near as deep as regular acupuncture.

It was something like 48% felt better w/ acupuncture and 44% with the placebo.

*shrug*

11/18/2007 5:26:34 PM

well there are certain pinpoints where you want to press..

and research has also showed that the further away you press, sometimes helps.

i would believe a placebo would be conventional therapy, and not "placebo acupuncture" it just seems like that would not be a placebo.

i mean, if the needle tips had stuff on them, then yeah i could see how it would work.

seems odd

11/18/2007 5:33:50 PM

Yeah, I don't remember much about the article. Let me see if I can dig it up.

I think this is it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7011738.stm

[Edited on November 18, 2007 at 5:55 PM. Reason : link]

11/18/2007 5:52:13 PM

^yeah, thats the same research one i was talking about.

conventional methods are like Dr. visits and PT. i believe

11/18/2007 8:02:04 PM