TY  - JOUR
T1  - Needling the status quo: Comment on “acupuncture for chronic pain”
AU  - Avins AL
Y1  - 2012/10/22
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4198
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1454
EP  - 1455
VL  - 172
IS  - 19
N2  - 
Passions on both sides of the CAM debate remain high, with ardent supporters extolling its perceived benefits and detractors equally vehement in dismissing most CAM interventions as “mere placebos.” Acupuncture, for example, evokes fervent support among its adherents who cite clinical studies employing usual-care controls. At the same time, acupuncture provokes equally impassioned dismissal from the “quack-hunter” community, who cite the lack of clear biological plausibility and the results of placebo-controlled trials that demonstrate little superiority to sham controls. In an attempt to bring clarity to this debate, no fewer than 60 meta-analyses have appeared in the literature.1

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4198
ER  -