Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Retraction Of Publication
Retraction of: Effect of Sham Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.
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Retracted Publication
Effect of Sham Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.
Along with increasing research on acupuncture for chronic pain, the validity of sham acupuncture (SA) has also been argued. ⋯ These results suggested that acupuncture was significantly associated with reduced chronic pain. The two kinds of placebo acupuncture, NPSA and PSA, have similar effects. Both NPSA and PSA, with a weak but not significant effect, are appropriate to be inert placebo controls in RCTs for chronic pain.
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Retracted Publication
Clinical Efficacy of Ultrasound-Mediated Transdermal Lidocaine and Capsaicin Delivery for the Treatment of Allodynia Caused by Herpes Zoster.
To investigate the efficacy of ultrasound-mediated drug delivery for allodynia caused by herpes zoster. ⋯ In this study of treatment of allodynia caused by herpetic zoster, ultrasound-mediated lidocaine and capsaicin delivery provided better pain relief and improved emotional functioning compared with intradermal blockade with local anesthetics.