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Acupuncture and Xerostomia

Acupuncture and Xerostomia Commentary control (as employed in one of the stud- Acupuncture and xerostomia ies). Only one (unselected case series) study has restricted use of acupuncture to patients resistant to pilocarpine, a 1 2 Richard Simcock, Valerie Jenkins 9 drug with proven effi cacy in this setting. Pilocarpine is recommended by less than current evidence on whether acupuncture COMMENTARY 40% oncologists in the UK mainly due to is a safe and useful form of treatment for worries about side effect profi le (unpub- Xerostomia has Greek origins from ‘xeros’ irradiation-induced xerostomia. lished data, Simcock 2010) so may strug- (dry) plus ‘stoma’ (mouth); an innocuous The review sensibly limits itself to gle to be accepted as a control arm. description that does little to refl ect the irradiation-induced xerostomia. There Within the reviewed studies there chronic and miserable state experienced is a larger literature looking at acupunc- were simple omissions of study design by patients after radiotherapy for head and 1 2 ture to relieve xerostomia from all causes and reporting including failure to follow neck cancer. Radiotherapy is used as a but the condition’s pathophysiology will STRICTA reporting guidelines and lack of curative treatment for head and neck can- vary according http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Acupuncture and Xerostomia

Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 28 (4): 2 – Dec 1, 2010

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SAGE
Copyright
© 2010 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
ISSN
0964-5284
eISSN
1759-9873
DOI
10.1136/aim.2010.003293
pmid
21148075
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Abstract

Commentary control (as employed in one of the stud- Acupuncture and xerostomia ies). Only one (unselected case series) study has restricted use of acupuncture to patients resistant to pilocarpine, a 1 2 Richard Simcock, Valerie Jenkins 9 drug with proven effi cacy in this setting. Pilocarpine is recommended by less than current evidence on whether acupuncture COMMENTARY 40% oncologists in the UK mainly due to is a safe and useful form of treatment for worries about side effect profi le (unpub- Xerostomia has Greek origins from ‘xeros’ irradiation-induced xerostomia. lished data, Simcock 2010) so may strug- (dry) plus ‘stoma’ (mouth); an innocuous The review sensibly limits itself to gle to be accepted as a control arm. description that does little to refl ect the irradiation-induced xerostomia. There Within the reviewed studies there chronic and miserable state experienced is a larger literature looking at acupunc- were simple omissions of study design by patients after radiotherapy for head and 1 2 ture to relieve xerostomia from all causes and reporting including failure to follow neck cancer. Radiotherapy is used as a but the condition’s pathophysiology will STRICTA reporting guidelines and lack of curative treatment for head and neck can- vary according

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Published: Dec 1, 2010

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