Treatment of chronic pain with acupuncture.
We performed 979 acupuncture treatments in 261 patients with chronic pain.  A substantial number of patients stated that they had relief immediately following a series of four acupuncture treatments.  It did not matter whether the needles were placed in the traditional meridian locations of in arbitrary fixed control points.  Four weeks following treatment, 65% of the patients reported little or no reduction in the  intensity of their pain, 17% reported a 50% reduction, and 18% at least a 75% reduction.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000368:Aged; D001346:Autosuggestion; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D059408:Pain Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors