Albert Peres afperes at 3129.ca on Sun Feb 2 20:44:35 PST 2014 wrote: Dr., The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered.
Are you willing to deceive a patient and go on the record by writing a prescription for one as part of a medical intervention? Albert Peres RESPONSE: Albert, I am not qualified in acupuncture, as such I cannot prescribe. As an allopathic doctor, I sure can recommend and advise my patient who has chronic pain and who has not benefited from allopathic line of treatment to try it . Acupuncture IS NOT a placebo. Please go through these below websites if you have the time. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/770646 September 10, 2012 — Acupuncture is superior to both sham acupuncture and standard care for the treatment of different types of chronic pain, suggesting that the effects of acupuncture are more than just placebo effect, a new meta-analysis shows. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1334288/Acupuncture-placebo-does-relieve-pain-say-scientists.html http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/ http://news.yahoo.com/study-placebo-not-acupuncture-helps-pain-211737196.html CHICAGO (AP) — Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the latest analysis of an often-studied therapy that has as many fans as critics. Some believe its only powers are a psychological, placebo effect. But some doctors believe even if that's the explanation for acupuncture's effectiveness, there's no reason not to offer it if it makes people feel better…. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
