Sentences with phrase «electroacupuncture patients»

Almost 38 percent of electroacupuncture patients reported three or more bowel movements a week, on average, during the study's 12 - week follow - up period, compared to 14 percent of sham therapy patients.

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Participants were randomized into four different interventions that would analyze how effectively an acupuncture technique known as electroacupuncture — in which embedded needles deliver weak electrical currents — reduces incidents of hot flashes as compared to the epilepsy drug gabapentin, which was previously shown to be effective in reducing hot flashes for these patients.

Patients in the study received electroacupuncture three to five times per week over eight weeks, which might be a burden for some people, the study authors acknowledged.

Two studies compared the effects of electroacupuncture and amitriptyline in depressed patients.

In the first study, patients suffering from depression received 5 weeks of therapy with either electroacupuncture or the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline hydrochloride.