Acupuncture can relieve pain, nausea after chemotherapy

The effect of acupuncture on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting has been studied over the past 20 years, and clinical evidence gathered to date has been favorable.

CNN:
When Titi Ariyo was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, her doctors put her on a treatment that caused her to have some serious side effects.

“I had joint pain, my knees and my ankles and my entire body just hurt,” Ariyo said.
So her physicians recommended she take part in a trial study that looked at acupuncture as a way to relieve some of her pain. She says it worked.

“I was sleeping better and also the pain reduced,” Ariyo said.

Experts say more than 60 percent of women with early stage breast cancer suffer from hot flashes, joint and muscle pain and depression caused by their treatment.

They thought if acupuncture could help these patients with some of their discomfort, it could eventually be used as therapy along with the medication.

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