A huge meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain, ie headaches, shoulder pain, osteoarthritis, and musculoskeletal pain (granted a huge category) found that acupuncture reduced pain by 50% compared to controls, and the pain relief lasted for over a year.
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Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.
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Vickers AJ, Vertosick EA, Lewith G, MacPherson H, Foster NE, Sherman KJ, Irnich D, Witt CM, Linde K; Acupuncture Trialists’ Collaboration. Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. J Pain. 2018 May;19(5):455-474. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.005. Epub 2017 Dec 2. PMID: 29198932; PMCID: PMC5927830.
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