title: Acupuncture in the treatment of renal colic.
abstract: A prospective randomized study was performed to compare the effect of acupuncture and intramuscular Avafortan injection in the treatment of renal colic. Our results showed that acupuncture is as effective in relieving renal colic as Avafortan but it had a more rapid analgesic onset (3.14 +/- 2.88 minutes versus 15.44 +/- 7.55 minutes, p less than 0.05). Of the patients in the Avafortan group 7 (43.8%) had side effects, including skin rash in 3, tachycardia in 2, drowsiness in 1 and facial flush in 1. No side effects were noted in the acupuncture group. During 2 hours of observation acupuncture and Avafortan seemed to be ineffective in promoting stone passage. However, patients receiving Avafortan treatment were more likely to have paralytic ileus. In summary, acupuncture can be a good alternative for the treatment of renal colic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Urology) and Acupuncture, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003085:Colic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004177:Dipyrone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010648:Phenylacetates; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010648:Phenylacetates; C038564:camylofin, dipyrone drug combination; D004177:Dipyrone; D005998:Glycine