Acupuncture Versus Intravenous Morphine in the Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

Phase 2 Completed 300 enrolled University of Monastir

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Inadequate pain management is a common problem encountered in ED settings. Pain relief medications use is often limited by their side effects. Evidence suggests that non pharmacologic pain relief techniques such as acupuncture can play a central role to treat pain in acute conditions, but their application is still scarce.

Timeline

Start: 2012-04
Primary completion: 2013-03
Completion: 2013-03

Publications

Background Kim KH, Lee BR, Ryu JH, Choi TY, Yang GY. The role of acupuncture in emergency department settings: a systematic review. Complement Ther Med. 2013 Feb;21(1):65-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.12.004. Epub 2012 Dec 29.
Background Cohen M, Parker S, Taylor D, Smit de V, Ben-Meir M, Cameron P, Xue C. Acupuncture as analgesia for low back pain, ankle sprain and migraine in emergency departments: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2011 Nov 15;12:241. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-241.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Morphine	Other / unclassified	0.05 mg/kg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.