[Therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture combined with medicine on acute rheumatoid arthritis at active stage].
OBJECTIVE
To explore a treatment program for increasing therapeutic effect on rheumatoid arthritis at active stage.


METHODS
One hundred and forty-six cases were randomly divided into treatment group (n = 74) and medicine control group (n = 72). The treatment group were treated by electroacupuncture at Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), etc. , combined with meloxicam, sulfasalazine and MTX. The control group treated by simple the Western medicines. Their therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The effective rate was 79.73% in the treatment group and 51.39% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P< 0. 05).


CONCLUSIONS
Electroacupuncture combined with medicine has a better therapeutic effect than the simple medicine on rheumatoid arthritis at active stage.
Ai
Zhou
Z
Zhuhai Hospital, Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, China.
Liu
Yuan-yuan
YY
Yang
Lian
L
Zhang
Qian-ru
QR
Zou
Ting
T
Xi
Yu-feng
YF
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000628:therapy; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine