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Peter Ky Lee, MD; Thorkild W. Andersen, MD; Jerome H. Modell, MD; Segundina A. Saga, MD

JAMA. 1975;232(11):1133-1135.

Abstract
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 or 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.

(JAMA 232:1133-1135, 1975)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration, Gainesville, Fla.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 721, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, Gainesville, FL 32610 (Dr. Lee).

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